Too bad we are human, why do we keep comparing and thinking that the grass is always greener on the other side? Why?

An argument to that would be to ask, “Apa yang kelainannya?” (What’s the difference?). I could give an argument that disabled people are different than able bodied people, because of their different experiences in life unique to them, and thus being able to have a different set of skills.

Take the example of blind people and/or vision-impaired persons. I noticed while interacting with at least four blind persons before in training sessions, that they are able to “see in patterns”. Because of this ability, they are quick to the mark when connecting ideas and concepts in their minds. Quicker than sighted persons.

Emotionally people who have been physically disabled since childhood have the ability to be “not caring what people think of them”, and this emotional strength gives an edge when facing with discrimination. This gives the effect of being able to contain emotional setbacks better than able bodied people.

Of course, the things I have mentioned are for the more enlightened ones, as there are disabled people that need to unshackle their setbacks from their minds, like similar able bodied people.

If you want to expand more knowledge on the issue, there is an excellent website with interesting articles, although written academically, the articles provide the background research to terms and terminologies etc:

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/

I hope to enjoy my stay there, if the cold don’t bother me too much. Thanks.

In any case, enjoy your stay there, Peter!!!