It Changes How I See Disability
With Love LisaMe!
See
Your
Smile
I
See
Your
Face
I have not met you
Until
Today
Some may Miss
Just
Why
You
Care
Because
They don't know your
Story
Today
I
Learned
Something
New
I
Learned
Why
This
Is
So
Important
To
You
To invite others
To come
Meet together
In fellowship and fun
Meet together
In fellowship and fun
You see disability
As
An
Opportunity
To
Help
Others
To
Be
A
Friend
A Support Network
You are Filled
With MORE Love
Than
Most
Can
Hold
Sharing your life with others
So
Let's
Let's
Bring
Colors
And
Words
We can write together
Bringing
Family and Friends
Together
To spend time Together
And
Make
Some lasting Memories
With Recreation, Support and Social Network
We will sing and dance
And
Have some Fun
It is OK to feel sad, mad or blue
Allowing our
Emotions
To
Be
True
Lifting one an other up
To
Encourage, inspire and strengthen
Your spirit
Together with our hearts of hearts
Today
I
Met Your Family
Today
I
Met Your Family
Or
Have a Special Need
Support to Accomplish
Your goals and dreams
Together We can
All
Be on the same Team
Because at Brittany's Project
We have Love for You
Today I became a Volunteer
For
The
Brittany's Project
It
Was
Easy
You can donate, volunteer we all have something we can do
Love LisaMe!
Your Sister Friend
Note:
It was not as easy as I thought to write .. for persons with
disabilities and or their families .. I did not know .. the correct
language .. I wanted to inspire and encourage without .. insulting or
separating .. people .. with different kinds of disabilities .. I too
have a disability .. these days brought on because of illness .. I am
learning how to deal with it .. And learning about my caregiver/my
husband and how to respect him and his time .. I found this
Caregiver's bill of rights on line .. *this is not used with permission
.. but felt it was so helpful ..
Caregiver's Bill of Rights
by Jo HorneAuthor of Caregiving: Helping an Aging Loved One
I have the right:
To take care of myself. This is not an act of selfishness. It will enable me to take better care of my loved one.
I have the right:
To seek help from others even though my loved one may object. I recognize the limits of my own endurance and strength.
I have the right:
To maintain facets of my own life that do not include the person I care for, just as I would if he or she were healthy. I know that I do everything that I reasonably can for this person, and I have the right to do some things for myself.
I have the right:
To get angry, be depressed and express other difficult emotions occasionally.
I have the right:
To reject any attempt by my loved one (either conscious or unconscious) to manipulate me through guilt, anger or depression.
I have the right:
To receive consideration, affection, forgiveness and acceptance from my loved one for as long as I offer these qualities in return.
I have the right:
To take pride in what I am accomplishing and to applaud the courage it sometimes takes to meet the needs of my loved one.
I have the right:
To protect my individuality and my right to make a life for myself that will sustain me when my loved one no longer needs my full-time help.
I have the right:
To expect and demand that as new strides are made in finding resources to aid physically and mentally impaired persons in our country, similar strides will be made toward aiding and supporting caregivers.
* quoted from Center for Persons with Disabilities .. website http://www.cpdusu.org/
