Educating One Person at a Time

One of the most difficult parts of having a child with special needs in the family is having to deal not with the problem itself but the complication of having to deal with other people. This is especially true here in the Philippines where majority of the people are so uneducated when it comes to this kind of thing. Even in my family time and again I have had to gently and sometimes not so gently needed to correct people because of hurtful ways they’ve referred to to sufferers of various ailments and disorders. If I were to focus on the vast numbers of ignorant people who have no idea on how to react and deal when faced with something different I surely would get upset. If I do focus though on the fact that I have never met a person who I’ve talked and explained things to that didn’t respond in a positive manner despite the discomfiture then I should and would feel more encouraged knowing that this problem IS solvable. It isn’t easy and right now educating people is more of a “one person at a time” approach but each and every person is a vessel for transmitting knowledge, a vessel for change. I might just be watching Obama too much but heck if it puts me in this mood I should watch him more often. ^_^