Disabled Rights

You learn something every day. That phrase is certainly the case this morning when I was doing a little bit of research about Schizophrenia. The first thing I discovered was that schizophrenia is not actually a split personality disorder. This shocked me, as the common perception of the general public is exactly that.

Infact, Dissociative Identity Disorder is actually when you have two people in your head. Who are basically independent of one another. The symptoms of both conditions are similar, but it didn’t fill me with confidence of the condition when Wikipedia states ‘DID is diagnosed significantly more frequently in North America than in the rest of the world’.

Mental disabilities are psychologically gained through experiences in life, or in rare cases, born with. A person with a mental disability is harder to tell than one with a physical, as it is the individual’s mind which has a deformity, rather than their appearance (although a mental disability can also have physical characteristics). Types of mental disabilities include: psychological problems, anemics, anorexia, mental retardation and schizophrenia. Mental disabilities can be cured, as sometimes it can be a deep insecurity, or past experience which has led to that individual’s psychological problems (i.e. disability gained from an experience in their life which has been forgotten, pushed aside).

Physical disabilities vary considerably from one to another. Types of physical disabilities include: paraplegics, conjoined twins, twitching, toretts, busted limbs and stuttering. A baby can be born with a disability and live with it all their life if they don’t seek medication (conjoined twins, toretts etc). Many who are disabled physically can seek help to eradicate those disabilities, and thus make them ‘normal’ (or non-disabled), however, some disabilities can’t be fully cured and therefore some people can live with that disability all their life. Some people end up living to love life with their disabilities, whereas others see it as a further choir.

People with disabilities may still take part in sporty events. Paraplegics, or individuals with limbs missing can still enjoy the thrill and competitiveness of sporting events. One of the main, and worldwide famous events as such is the disabled athletic games. It is hosted just like the athletics, except, with disabled people. The event has a variety of sports including: basketball, 100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m, ice hockey and two v two tennis. It is a sure fair thing, considering some people are disabled for most or even all their life, and it is also as exciting as the non-disabled athletics.

In society, all of us should be able to admit that we’re not perfect. Some of us though, are more obvious of this truth than others. These people are classed as disabled people. Anyone, no matter who they are, can end up as disabled. A disabled individual is one whom has or has had a physical or mental deformity. A physical disability can be born with, or gained through unlucky experiences In life. Mental disabilities are also either from birth or from a scenario during our life. Some are more so recognised in society than others, however, they are also respected.