Friday, May 11, 2007
Shame. Difference. Tragedies. That's perhaps what we read most in newspapers.
You can't really blame people for hiding at home or feeling that they are useless after losing a limb in Singapore. This is why we have to try so hard to let people understand that no, disability does not mean that you are someone of lower worth. It just means that you do the same thing in a different way. And in fact, you may do it even better.
We have to get more Singaporeans to learn that disability is nothing to be shameful about. Otherwise, what if one day, it happens to you? Do you plan to crumble and give up on life?
To disabled athletes in Singapore, no, sports do not make them richer. Nor do they get famous out of it. Yet, they still put in hours, day, weeks and years of sweat (if they can) into it.
Because in sports, when they are out there feeling the wind as they race on the track, when they are fighting against the wind as they maneover the sail, when they meet people who do not talk about how sad they are, but discuss with them about techniques and speed, they feel so much better about themselves.
And through sports, they come into contact with so many different things they would otherwise never learn of. They learn things about themselves which they never thought possible. They learn that being alive doesn't only mean that you can afford
Labels: disability, disabled, singapore, sports
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