Page 58 - Condensations (of Spiritual Wisdom) and other essays.

When we see another behaving in a manner that is not

considered normal why can we not treat this situation as

a whole new experience for us to learn by, not try to treat

the condition with the hope that we may cure it and

bring the “sufferer” into our normal world to behave

normally. This does not just refer to mental conditions

but to physical conditions also. We have created a world

around our capabilities to the exclusion of exceptional or
unique situations. It is only in recent times that we have

made pedestrian road crossings usable by the visually
impaired, that we have made public places and public

transport wheelchair friendly, that we have included

facilities in schools for special needs, that we have begun

to language these differences in a more kind and

understanding way. However we still treat these

uniquely-abled as disabled.