Earlier this week, I heard something about an Autistic boy and a letter. Today, I had the chance to sit down and read the letter. Let me first say, that I was horrified by the message the letter sends to the parents of this child. I’m fully aware that there’s unfortunately prejudice and discrimination still alive and well against people who are disabled, but, I really can’t believe the nerve someone would have to actually express their feelings in writing and for the whole world to see.
The pure hate that’s expressed in the letter is reprehensible to say the least. Kudos though, goes out to the neighborhood that has rallied behind this child and his parents. As I’ve said before, everyone deserves to experience life to the fullest extent possible. In particular, I really don’t appreciate how the person states that no one would love, marry, or employ their child and that their body parts should be donated to science.
I’m truly saddened for the author of this letter because they have this point of view on others around them. I was watching Steve Harvey the other day and he was saying that people should do positive things instead of negative ones, especially when using platforms like the Internet to let their voices be heard. I’m taking the example of this horrible letter and asking that people remember that we’re all people with feelings and emotions and should be treated with the respect and dignity we deserve, not like some object that can’t feel anything.
Thanks for reading..
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To read more about this story go to the following link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/karla-begley-autistic-letter-teen_n_3780378.html