Caitlyns Story

I know its been a while since i posted to the site but with work commitments and family commitments etc its been hard to find the time.

Today i was sent a post on Facebook that made me think about Caitlyn and in general the way people perceive not only Vision Impairement but in general any disability.

This is the post i received.
My wish for 2010 is that people will understand that children with disabilities do not have a disease; children with disabilities are not looking for a cure but ACCEPTANCE........93% of people won't copy and paste this, WILL... YOU be one of the 7% that does and make this your status for at least a day

As i mentioned in my own re-post of this..

Very True and close to my heart. People often do not accept Caitlyn for who she is. They judge her like she has a disease. Society today needs a wake up call. These kids and Adults in general just want to be normal in their own special way!!!

Society is definately judging of the way people look and act. Their disability is often taken way out of proportion and made into something like a flesh eating disease that everyone wants to stay away from. From our own experiences we have had people shy away from Caitlyn as soon as they hear she is blind.

Caitlyn already is starting to catch up on her learning and how to interact with the world in general. I admit she has had difficulty in learning some things other kids find very simple.. As an example she really hasn't crawled around much cause she has her own little world which is basically what she can find within her arms or legs reach.. To get her to stand and take a step hasn't been easy but she is finally starting to take one or two tentative steps.

Well enough of my rant and rave for today. I will do my best to update the site a little more often.