Six Degrees of Disabilities

So today when I was driving back from Shannon Park, I realized that life with my sister was not that bad. I'm not saying that it was ever bad but people tend to view disabilities differently. I was thinking about how there are those who are physically disabled, like my sister was and then there are those students with ADHD. Those are the students that I work with that at the end of the day, I am so happy that they go home and I don't have to deal with them. Heck, I am happy when my 30 minutes with those students is over. I feel bad for the parents/guardians who have to tend to them all evening.

Living with Stephanie was the way it was. I didn't really grow up without her so I can't compare it to that. But I think that it was pretty easy because Stephanie was really laid back and she didn't complain and she didn't bounce around like Hammie in Over the Hedge. She was just 'normal' to us. But there are those people who would say that those with ADHD are more 'normal'. They would say in order to have a meaningful existence, you must be 'normal'. Whatever that is.

I guess both of these disabilities have their level of drain on those around them. Those with ADHD may be able to be mobile but may mentally exhaust you, whereas someone with a physical disability may be physically draining on a person. It just makes you think, which would want to have as part of your life daily: mental wear and tear or physical wear and tear. Putting it that way doesn't give me the results I would want to say. I just think one couldn't deal with the mental exhaustion as well. I know I couldn't, but I'm just one person, and I have just one opinion to share.