100: Raising Awareness | Disabled People (and Their Parents) Do Not Owe Society Anything

The Rare Life · Sep 22, 2022 · 42m

So often, we feel that as parents, we need to be raising awareness about issues relating to disability. Maybe we’re sharing our lives on social media in an effort to show that our child really isn’t that different from the next and deserves inclusion. Or perhaps we’re teaching about the importance of being an organ donor because our child wouldn’t be here today without generous donors. Or maybe we’re shouting the symptoms and definition of our child’s rare syndrome in the hopes that they’ll finally get the funding needed to research a cure.

There are many causes to fight for and many reasons…