This word I despise because people use it to describe someone and then use it to describe something that person is not. This word is offensive, degrades a person, and puts them into a category.
This word is...NORMAL
I have had multiple people throughout my years say this either to me or in regards to the differently abled population.
Oh my blood boils because I am so passionate about this word and how people use it in the wrong way. Don't get me wrong, people do not mean it negatively but I just wanted you to see this word from a not "normal" person because here is the thing everyone is normal.
Let's think about this what did you just say? Everyone is normal. It's true we all have a unique characteristic about us. We all have something that someone out there would say is weird. So for you to say I am not normal is offensive. For you to say any one of the individuals I teach or am friends with that have disabilities, or myself strikes a nerve in me. We are all individuals that have unique disabilities. Heck I even hate the word disabled and prefer the term differently abled. I consider myself normal, literally the only parts when I realize I have different abilities is when someone brings it up, looks at me differently, or when I am struggling with something but it is my goal to change how people view the word normal and how you use it.
God made us all with unique abilities and beautiful in His image and that is where I find the root of normal. We are all normal people in this world trying to find a path for ourselves, trying to figure out lives but we each do it a little differently. I, my friends, consider myself normal and it just might look a little different than your normal.
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