Disability poem

 

Having a Learning Disability

This world can feel confusing and unexplained.

I used to think very negatively.
Now I am learning to think more positively.

Many people look at people with learning disabilities in a strange way.
If you look disabled, some people discriminate against you more.
If you don’t look disabled, people don’t understand why you struggle.

They may not realise that you have communication needs.
But they also have communication needs if they don’t understand you.

Lack of communication can make friendships and relationships hard to start — and even harder to keep.

There needs to be more education.
People with learning disabilities should not have to explain everything alone.
Mainstream society needs to understand us — including me, including all of us.

A learning disability could have happened to anyone.

We are human too.
Are you?