"Disabled"

  In one of my previous posts I discussed the word disabled, and the inaccurate meaning behind it. People often say they disable something to make it stop working. People might disable an alarm clock, so it will not wake them up, or a store out of business might disable their website, so it cannot be activated. The fact that this word can also be talking about a person with special needs especially my brother, and is just irritating for me almost comical because it is wrong. Robb is not a machine that stopped working, or the website of a business failure. Robb is not broken. From now on when I see this word I want to show people my side because I do not want people's first thought to be when seeing Robb is that he is disabled. He may need special assistance, have special needs that have  to be accounted for, but he is a person, not a malfunction. From now on I want to stand up for the truth and show people my side. On my blog I will be starting a slide show of writing I have corrected because my brother will not be marked off as disabled or ordinary, just different, extraordinary.