Thursday 13 June 2019

Helpful Tips For People With Disabilities To Adjust

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By Sarah Bennett


Disability from an accident, disease or since birth is disheartening and causes a lot of people not to reach their potential. Unknown to many of them, there are helpful tips for people with disabilities that would still enable them to enjoy a full and happy life. They take you away from constant thoughts about how unfortunate your situation is. Rather, you begin to enjoy a new life as though you are normal.

A person should adjust emotionally upon realizing that he or she is disabled. This is the beginning of anything positive that will ever come out of the situation. Begin to live like a disabled person instead of regretting that you are not as able as your friends and peers. The success of a lot of such cases depends on the perspective adapted.

Educate yourself about your disability. There is something unique about each condition such that two blind persons have different destinies. For instance, one may be reversible while the other is permanent. One may come with diseases and infections while the other does not. You will understand what you can do in your present condition and the limits you cannot cross. It helps you adapt a realistic lifestyle.

Focus on the present situation instead of regretting or wishing you lived in the past. Reviewing the past only results in wastage of emotions, time and resources. You enter into a pity-party cycle such that you miss the opportunities around you. You will only end up depressed and fail to achieve your full potential.

Take time to grieve while still struggling to remain positive. It is impossible to accept such an unfortunate situation without inner pain and regrets. However, do not allow the grief to stay for too long. Begin to look for the good in the present situation. Be conscious to stop yourself from slipping into sorrow.

Enlist the help of people around you to overcome the challenges you will be facing. Friends, relatives, peers and community members are very willing to help. Their help should be towards attaining independence. They help you find crutches, learn braille or acquire a wheelchair, among other adjustment measures. Organizations supporting persons with disability will also come to your aid. They shorten the time it takes to adjust and make your life easier.

Join support groups for persons with your kind of disability. These groups hold activities that will help raise your self-esteem and confidence that you are still normal. You will meet other people with similar or worse conditions and learn from them. Join their therapy sessions and embrace the new way of life. You gradually build a positive attitude towards your life.

Maintain an enthusiastic and full life. Do not isolate yourself but instead build bridges aggressively. Take advantage of incentives and waivers provided by the government and organizations for people like you. Take part in research that seeks to improve your condition. Such exposure lifts up your spirit and enables you to still live a full life.

Make your decisions and choices as realistic as possible. Recognize that your abilities have changed. By adjusting your expectations, you will be more fulfilled. Pursue happiness by living within your means instead of comparing yourself to friends and peers. Push your limits every day to see how much more you can achieve.




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