Is a 'Normal' life always better?

Is a 'Normal' life always better then a disabled life?

  • Yes. I always wish I wasn't disabled.

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • Yes, but I don't consider deafness as a disability.

    Votes: 6 26.1%

  • It depends on the disability in question.

    Votes: 9 39.1%

  • It depends on the lifestyle of the 'normal person' in question.

    Votes: 8 34.8%

  • No. The disabled can do anything with the right support and rehabilitation.

    Votes: 5 21.7%

  • No. The challanges in my life makes life worth living.

    Votes: 10 43.5%

  • Other.

    Votes: 4 17.4%
  • Total voters
    23
I voted other. Thank goodness, we all are not likeness.
 
"Normal Life" is mere a gray emphasis so therefore it's near impossible to effectively answer. We all are so different yet same in some areas.

I agree with the most posters here. So I couldn't vote in this poll.
 
dreama said:
Is a normal life always better then a disabled one. Personally I think that it depends on the life in question but sometimes a disabled life can actually be better then a normal life.

Some people hate their jobs but they feel trapped into staying. So in that sense disabled people who get benifit's are frier to persue their chosen career then a 'normal' person would be. Plus some disabilities are not all that limiting given the right levels of education and rehabilition the person gets.
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Can you define the word "normal"?

I'd like to know what you consider to be normal.
 
I used the term 'normal' but if the moderaters decide to change it to the term non disabled that would be fine by me. It's not the terms that are important it's the implications. For example "A Deafo Blink can do anything" would be far less offensive to me then "A person with disabilities needs constant care and understanding to cope with their great hardship". I'm afraid I don't really buy into all this PC stuff anyway. So attacking me for my choice of words when you really think disabled people should be killed prior to birth is just avoiding my question.

I don't to be honest feel 'normal' but to me normal is boring. I am happy to be differant. I'm sure if I was 'normal' I would be very bored.

I'm only glad that I am not stuck in a boring job where I cannot get out.

The disabled are not the only ones to face hardship or discrimination. Many minority groups do. Only people seem to care more about discrimination against women or ethnic minorites then against the disabled. Their are many books and films about what hitler did to the jews but only a small amount of information on what hitler does to the disabled.

But with disabilities the discimination takes another language. They say it is 'kinder' to kill us off because our life is harder. If you said it was 'kinder' to kill black people/women because their lives are harder you would come upon much more oposition.
 
People who somehow get the idea in their heads that killing off disabled people is a good idea, should be killed themselves.

;)
 
deaf.notdumb

Wow..so many different opinions, just among ourselves. Hmmm, perhaps this is why the deaf community is having so many problems moving forward as a "group"...in all areas...I did not vote..I just say what I have to say and that's it. The more you attach your value and humanity to those things outside yourself, the more you give those things the power to control you!!
LIFE is HARD for EVERYONE! On any given day somewhere someone is being considered "challenged" , "abnormal", "disabled" etc. When we learn and accept the idea that what people think of us does NOT change who we are..we grow!
I have been hearing and profoundly deaf...I can tell you as a fact. I am the same person..becasue I follow a simple belief..Please let me share it here...
We all have greatness within us. We arrive with gifts and talents and abilities that are part of our unique packages. Sometimes, however, we fail to recognize and develop those gifts because of insecurities, fears, laziness or burdens that we have no control over. People who do not know their gifts are easy prey for life's surprise blows and for predators, name callers, labeler's
those who will try to make themselves feel better, by making you feel worse.
So know your gifts, and once you know them share them so that others may benefit from your example and discover their own greatness...
We deaf and hard of hearing used to be called "deaf and dumb" laughing..
Not given a chance to express and discover who we were..to grow..I for one
refuse to accept the labels others put upon me..."Normal?" laughing...who is?
 
Jiro said:
No I do not consider my disability as a demise. It's more of a blessing to me - no such thing as "normal" life. I can tell you there are handful of hearing people who are envious of me and probably of you as well. Hearing or not, most of them are like a drone - work and home in a little lousy cubicle where they are of no importance to anyone.

Perks of Disabled Person -
1. Disability Discount
2. We are much more aware of our surroundings and to other people's feeling
3. We "listen" to people better than non-disabled people
4. We sleep well at night
5. We're a tough fighter

Hearing or not. Ambulatory or not. Blind or not. Limb or not. It's of no importance if you are an important person who can perform the job better than others. Believe me - the company will pay ANYTHING to keep you. to hire you. That's why my dad always tell me - be the best in the field that nobody can beat you. Be smart with money... earn a lot... save up... and you can retire a happy disabled person at much earlier age than many hearing people :cool2:

Yes there are some moments when I get depressed because of my shortcoming and missed opportunities but so what? I want to be a cop but I can't. So what? I can be a scientist or whatever in LEO field.
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:gpost: very well said!
 
BradB08 said:
People who somehow get the idea in their heads that killing off disabled people is a good idea, should be killed themselves.

;)
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Funny, I don't see anyone here suggesting that people with disabilities should be "killed off." Where that comes from I'll never know. The only one that seems to be posting about "killing off people with disabilities" is the OP. Paranoia, perhaps?
 
jillio said:
Funny, I don't see anyone here suggesting that people with disabilities should be "killed off." Where that comes from I'll never know. The only one that seems to be posting about "killing off people with disabilities" is the OP. Paranoia, perhaps?
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I think she is referring to the abortion discussion a short time ago.

But Dreama as for the disabled killed by Hitler, the Jews outnumbered them hugely.
 
Bottesini said:
I think she is referring to the abortion discussion a short time ago.

But Dreama as for the disabled killed by Hitler, the Jews outnumbered them hugely.
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Ahhh, attempting to mix discussions, huh? That is typical when one is attempting to manipulate to get the response they want, rather than the one they are getting. Just try to tell a child "No." They will find 100 different ways to ask the same question in an attempt to get a "yes" from you.:giggle:
 
jillio said:
When my son was little, he thought "soon" meant within the next 30 seconds. I saw it as a longer period!:giggle:
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I was going to say right now I think it should be immediately, but I was afraid of looking immature!:cool2:
 
I am not mixing issues.

Abortion in itself is not a disablity issue but SELECTIVE ABORTION IS.

If we have one time limit for normal babies and another time limit for disabled babies and people think this is an ok matter. Even killing off premie babies with disablities is an ok matter and legalizing Euthanasia that sends a clear message that we as disabled are 2nd class.

You also have people like Peter Singer who want to kill off disabled babies after birth. There is also been this woman from the house of lords who said that people with Alzimers had 'a possitive duty to die'.

I don't know about the number's but killing any group of people wether they happen to be jews or disabled is all the same to me.
 
jillio said:
Funny, I don't see anyone here suggesting that people with disabilities should be "killed off." Where that comes from I'll never know. The only one that seems to be posting about "killing off people with disabilities" is the OP. Paranoia, perhaps?
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OP mentioned something about a person (or people) that said they would not mind it if physically disabled people were killed off.
 
Lady Warnock said: 'If you are demented, you are wasting people's lives, your family's lives, and you are wasting the resources of the National Health Service.'
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Old people with dementia have a duty to die and should be pushed towards death, says Baroness Warnock | Mail Online

One night a nursing coworker was taking a little baby boy who had been aborted alive at -- between 21 and 22 weeks because he had down syndrome to our soiled utility room to die because his parents didn't want to hold him, and she didn't have time to hold him that night, and when she told me what she was doing, I couldn't bear the thought of this suffering child dying alone, and so I did cradle and rock him for the 45 minutes that he lived.
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FOXNews.com - Former Nurse on Obama's Controversial Abortion Vote - Sean Hannity | Alan Colmes | Hannity & Colmes

Now that's what I mean about people wanting us to be killed off because you are prepared to support a leader who endorses such barbaric practices. Killing off the sick, elderly, disabled and anyone who is inconveniencing you at all.
 
BradB08 said:
OP mentioned something about a person (or people) that said they would not mind it if physically disabled people were killed off.
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Hmm....then that person or persons is decidedly disturbed.
 
dreama said:
Old people with dementia have a duty to die and should be pushed towards death, says Baroness Warnock | Mail Online



FOXNews.com - Former Nurse on Obama's Controversial Abortion Vote - Sean Hannity | Alan Colmes | Hannity & Colmes

Now that's what I mean about people wanting us to be killed off because you are prepared to support a leader who endorses such barbaric practices. Killing off the sick, elderly, disabled and anyone who is inconveniencing you at all.
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If the child was alive, it wasn't an abortion. It was a premature delivery. There is a huge difference there. And if a live child was taken into a laundry room to die, then those responsible are guilty of criminal activity. Why weren't they prosecuted?
 
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