There’s been a lot of talk lately about disabilities — about causes and cures. Everybody seems to be talking about it.
It made me remember a story from my childhood, when I was at a school for students with disabilities. I had a friend who walked with crutches. One weekend, her mother took her to see a faith healer.
At the end of that weekend, the faith healer told her she was “healed” — and they threw away her crutches. But of course, she still couldn’t walk. So she stumbled around after that weekend, with no crutches, because the healer had thrown them away.
My mom was the one who ended up taking my friend to get new crutches — because her parents truly believed she was healed.
I think about that story a lot, especially now that there’s so much talk about the “reasons” for autism, or cerebral palsy, or other disabilities. I know a lot of people with autism. I work with people with autism. They’re amazing — and people with cerebral palsy are amazing too.
I just want to say this clearly: we don’t need to be cured.
There’s nothing wrong with us.
We’re awesome just the way we are.
Thank you. 💚
