On Being Different

You may not know it

But I am different

Different how

You may ask

Because I don’t look it

And, some other people do

 

You see me every day

You may talk to me

But in less

I told you

I have an intellectual disability

You will not know it

 

Some people

You can tell right away

That they have an

Intellectual disability

They are just the same as you

Buy a little different

 

A lot of people

Still don’t want us

In the world

See this video

http://www.specialolympics.org/slideshow_neglect.aspx

“A Population Neglected”

“People with intellectual disabilities are every society's most neglected population. Nearly 200 million people, or three percent of the world's population, have an intellectual disability, making it the largest disability population in the world.”

 

Some still live in institutions

Across the world

Not given the chance to learn

That are misunderstood and mistreated

Just because there different

 

But given the chance

You will learn

Something uncommon

Then from most

That, you will just

Have to find it out

For yourself

Ask yourself this one question

Why do people

Still use the word “retarded”?

That word to us

Is a hate word

Those who use it

Should use another word

 

People say the r-word

Does not hurt

Well think again

Did anyone ever

Say a word to you

You did not like

Now you know what it like

When those who say

The r-word

 

Who do you RESPECT?

The new r-word