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If you have had a broken arm in a cast for several months, you remember how helpless you felt and how embarrassed you were that you needed help. Those who have had worse problems such as a broken back and were confined in a body cast for weeks recall what it is like to be immobile.
But those are only temporary handicaps. The people know that they will get better; their condition will improve, and they will be whole again.
That is not the case with handicapped people. Their condition is theirs for life. Either they adjust and go on with life, or they rebel, become bitter, and sour their lives. How well they adjust and overcome problems determines their success and happiness in life.
What does the word handicapped mean? As defined in the dictionary, a handicap is anything that holds a person back or gives him less of a chance than others have.
What happens when handicapped people do not like themselves? You must help them build a sense of personal worth, a feeling of security from within. Handicapped persons must have faith, they must have faith in themselves, faith in their parents, and faith in their doctors.
Help your handicapped loved one develop these important personality traits: self-acceptance, self-actualization, self-assertiveness; self-consistency, self-criticism; self- determination; self-realization; and self-regard.
We must all accept life for what it is. We are all vulnerable to pain and suffering. In human life fairness has nothing to do with illness, divorce, death, accidents, shattered dreams. The world cannot be what we want it to be.
Accept your life, whatever its handicaps, whatever its problems and heartaches. Accept your life and it will accept you.
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