there are only two groups of people in India who can be legally executed the
India who can be legally executed the
India who can be legally executed the first one is criminals who have
first one is criminals who have
first one is criminals who have convicted crimes that are so bad they’re
convicted crimes that are so bad they’re
convicted crimes that are so bad they’re considered the rarest of the rare
considered the rarest of the rare
considered the rarest of the rare and the second is unborn babies who have
and the second is unborn babies who have
and the second is unborn babies who have a disability so can I just ask you to
a disability so can I just ask you to
a disability so can I just ask you to remember that keep that thought in your
remember that keep that thought in your
remember that keep that thought in your mind while I tell you my story I have a
mind while I tell you my story I have a
mind while I tell you my story I have a friend who’s 44 years old and she was
friend who’s 44 years old and she was
friend who’s 44 years old and she was expecting a baby she already had three
expecting a baby she already had three
expecting a baby she already had three boys so all of us were hoping that this
boys so all of us were hoping that this
boys so all of us were hoping that this new baby would be a girl
new baby would be a girl
new baby would be a girl one day I found myself thinking wouldn’t
one day I found myself thinking wouldn’t
one day I found myself thinking wouldn’t it be nice if this baby had Down
it be nice if this baby had Down
it be nice if this baby had Down syndrome she’s 44 years old that’s the
syndrome she’s 44 years old that’s the
syndrome she’s 44 years old that’s the age that people normally have a baby
age that people normally have a baby
age that people normally have a baby with Down syndrome and I knew the
with Down syndrome and I knew the
with Down syndrome and I knew the perfect school that the kid could go to
perfect school that the kid could go to
perfect school that the kid could go to if it did happen now in a country where
if it did happen now in a country where
if it did happen now in a country where an unborn baby with disability is about
an unborn baby with disability is about
an unborn baby with disability is about as welcome as an ax-murderer what was I
as welcome as an ax-murderer what was I
as welcome as an ax-murderer what was I thinking
thinking
thinking or to put it another way do I know
or to put it another way do I know
or to put it another way do I know something you don’t know I think I do I
something you don’t know I think I do I
something you don’t know I think I do I think in fact I’m an expert on the
think in fact I’m an expert on the
think in fact I’m an expert on the subject but I know I can’t just say that
subject but I know I can’t just say that
subject but I know I can’t just say that I have to prove my credentials so I’m
I have to prove my credentials so I’m
I have to prove my credentials so I’m going to tell you another story to do
going to tell you another story to do
going to tell you another story to do that and that story
that and that story
that and that story starts here not far from Dehradun in a
starts here not far from Dehradun in a
starts here not far from Dehradun in a little village in between Missouri and
little village in between Missouri and
little village in between Missouri and Denault II and it’s about a little girl
Denault II and it’s about a little girl
Denault II and it’s about a little girl named muy muy muy muy was her mother’s
named muy muy muy muy was her mother’s
named muy muy muy muy was her mother’s thirteenth baby
thirteenth baby
thirteenth baby her mother had gotten herself sterilized
her mother had gotten herself sterilized
her mother had gotten herself sterilized after baby number 12 but the operation
after baby number 12 but the operation
after baby number 12 but the operation didn’t work and muy muy was conceived
didn’t work and muy muy was conceived
didn’t work and muy muy was conceived anyway so her mom then decided she would
anyway so her mom then decided she would
anyway so her mom then decided she would come down to Dehradun and get an
come down to Dehradun and get an
come down to Dehradun and get an abortion she chose the one doctor in
abortion she chose the one doctor in
abortion she chose the one doctor in Dehradun who didn’t do abortions but
Dehradun who didn’t do abortions but
Dehradun who didn’t do abortions but that was also the only doctor she
that was also the only doctor she
that was also the only doctor she trusted that doctor told her if you want
trusted that doctor told her if you want
trusted that doctor told her if you want to have the baby with me I’ll help you
to have the baby with me I’ll help you
to have the baby with me I’ll help you find a home for it so the mom agreed
find a home for it so the mom agreed
find a home for it so the mom agreed went back up to her village and a few
went back up to her village and a few
went back up to her village and a few months later she was coming down for a
months later she was coming down for a
months later she was coming down for a routine prenatal appointment and she
routine prenatal appointment and she
routine prenatal appointment and she went into labor on the bus muy muy was
went into labor on the bus muy muy was
went into labor on the bus muy muy was born on the side of the road she was 12
born on the side of the road she was 12
born on the side of the road she was 12 weeks premature
weeks premature
weeks premature she waved just under a kilo
she waved just under a kilo
she waved just under a kilo that’s what she looked like two weeks
that’s what she looked like two weeks
that’s what she looked like two weeks later there were two young American
later there were two young American
later there were two young American doctors volunteering in that hospital
doctors volunteering in that hospital
doctors volunteering in that hospital they heard the story about the baby that
they heard the story about the baby that
they heard the story about the baby that needed a home and the woman said my
needed a home and the woman said my
needed a home and the woman said my sister will adopt her and the sister was
sister will adopt her and the sister was
sister will adopt her and the sister was me and that’s how muy muy came into our
me and that’s how muy muy came into our
me and that’s how muy muy came into our family and changed our world muy muy has
family and changed our world muy muy has
family and changed our world muy muy has taught me everything I know about
taught me everything I know about
taught me everything I know about disability because muy muy has
disability because muy muy has
disability because muy muy has disabilities
disabilities
disabilities she has quadriplegia she uses a
she has quadriplegia she uses a
she has quadriplegia she uses a wheelchair to get around she speaks only
wheelchair to get around she speaks only
wheelchair to get around she speaks only with her eyes she eats through a tube
with her eyes she eats through a tube
with her eyes she eats through a tube that’s been surgically inserted into her
that’s been surgically inserted into her
that’s been surgically inserted into her tummy and she depends upon us for
tummy and she depends upon us for
tummy and she depends upon us for everything
everything
everything we talk about degrees of disability in
we talk about degrees of disability in
we talk about degrees of disability in the field we talk about mild moderate
the field we talk about mild moderate
the field we talk about mild moderate severe Momo’s disabilities are so
severe Momo’s disabilities are so
severe Momo’s disabilities are so serious that they’re considered profound
serious that they’re considered profound
serious that they’re considered profound and I think if you look at this picture
and I think if you look at this picture
and I think if you look at this picture of muy muy
of muy muy
of muy muy which I took just a short while ago
which I took just a short while ago
which I took just a short while ago isn’t she beautiful you’ll agree with me
isn’t she beautiful you’ll agree with me
isn’t she beautiful you’ll agree with me that profound in the most beautiful
that profound in the most beautiful
that profound in the most beautiful sense of the word perfectly descriptive
sense of the word perfectly descriptive
sense of the word perfectly descriptive originating in or penetrating to the
originating in or penetrating to the
originating in or penetrating to the depths of ones being pervasive intense
depths of ones being pervasive intense
depths of ones being pervasive intense complete we can take the labels that
complete we can take the labels that
complete we can take the labels that people put on our children and we can
people put on our children and we can
people put on our children and we can make them mean anything that we want
make them mean anything that we want
make them mean anything that we want it’s up to us
it’s up to us
it’s up to us so what have I learned from Moin Moin
so what have I learned from Moin Moin
so what have I learned from Moin Moin what profound truths has she taught me
what profound truths has she taught me
what profound truths has she taught me why did I think it would be nice for my
why did I think it would be nice for my
why did I think it would be nice for my friend to have a baby with Down syndrome
friend to have a baby with Down syndrome
friend to have a baby with Down syndrome Down syndrome by the way is the most
Down syndrome by the way is the most
Down syndrome by the way is the most commonly aborted disability there is
commonly aborted disability there is
commonly aborted disability there is it’s easy to detect in pregnancy and
it’s easy to detect in pregnancy and
it’s easy to detect in pregnancy and everybody knows about it so after a
everybody knows about it so after a
everybody knows about it so after a certain age most women will go in for
certain age most women will go in for
certain age most women will go in for the test in a study that was done in the
the test in a study that was done in the
the test in a study that was done in the UK of a hundred women who were told that
UK of a hundred women who were told that
UK of a hundred women who were told that the baby they were carrying had Down
the baby they were carrying had Down
the baby they were carrying had Down syndrome ninety three of them chose to
syndrome ninety three of them chose to
syndrome ninety three of them chose to have an abortion so I’m curious about
have an abortion so I’m curious about
have an abortion so I’m curious about the other seven seven is a mystical
the other seven seven is a mystical
the other seven seven is a mystical number we’ve got the seven days of
number we’ve got the seven days of
number we’ve got the seven days of creation we’ve got the seven wonders of
creation we’ve got the seven wonders of
creation we’ve got the seven wonders of the world we’ve got the seven Harry
the world we’ve got the seven Harry
the world we’ve got the seven Harry Potter volumes
they’re the ones that got rid of the
they’re the ones that got rid of the boxes we love to put people in boxes
boxes we love to put people in boxes
boxes we love to put people in boxes right we like to classify them and we
right we like to classify them and we
right we like to classify them and we particularly like to do that in school
particularly like to do that in school
particularly like to do that in school so you’ve got the naughty kid you’ve got
so you’ve got the naughty kid you’ve got
so you’ve got the naughty kid you’ve got the smart kid you’ve got the lazy kid
the smart kid you’ve got the lazy kid
the smart kid you’ve got the lazy kid you’ve got the dumb kid you’ve got all
you’ve got the dumb kid you’ve got all
you’ve got the dumb kid you’ve got all kinds of kids and teachers have them all
kinds of kids and teachers have them all
kinds of kids and teachers have them all carefully categorized kids with special
carefully categorized kids with special
carefully categorized kids with special needs come into the mainstream
needs come into the mainstream
needs come into the mainstream classrooms and the teachers don’t know
classrooms and the teachers don’t know
classrooms and the teachers don’t know what to make of them and so they have to
what to make of them and so they have to
what to make of them and so they have to give up their boxes and begin to think
give up their boxes and begin to think
give up their boxes and begin to think about the child and what that child
about the child and what that child
about the child and what that child needs and how that child learns because
needs and how that child learns because
needs and how that child learns because of children with disability we now
of children with disability we now
of children with disability we now understand more about varying learning
understand more about varying learning
understand more about varying learning styles than we ever would have if those
styles than we ever would have if those
styles than we ever would have if those kids hadn’t been part of the classroom
kids hadn’t been part of the classroom
kids hadn’t been part of the classroom we understand that some children were
we understand that some children were
we understand that some children were learn best through hearing some kids
learn best through hearing some kids
learn best through hearing some kids learn best through vision some kids
learn best through vision some kids
learn best through vision some kids learn best through activity and when a
learn best through activity and when a
learn best through activity and when a teacher understands that she makes her
teacher understands that she makes her
teacher understands that she makes her classroom a much more exciting and
classroom a much more exciting and
classroom a much more exciting and productive place for learning
productive place for learning
productive place for learning the second thing is that they changed
the second thing is that they changed
the second thing is that they changed the story wherever people with
the story wherever people with
the story wherever people with disability are meaningfully included
disability are meaningfully included
disability are meaningfully included you’re going to have different
you’re going to have different
you’re going to have different architecture you’re going to have
architecture you’re going to have
architecture you’re going to have different signage you’re going to have a
different signage you’re going to have a
different signage you’re going to have a different mindset this room for example
different mindset this room for example
different mindset this room for example I know Naveen ghoulia is coming later
I know Naveen ghoulia is coming later
I know Naveen ghoulia is coming later and he’s in a wheelchair I don’t know
and he’s in a wheelchair I don’t know
and he’s in a wheelchair I don’t know how he’s going to manage I’ve got a plan
how he’s going to manage I’ve got a plan
how he’s going to manage I’ve got a plan because I bring muy muy here for this
because I bring muy muy here for this
because I bring muy muy here for this meeting too every time that we have it
meeting too every time that we have it
meeting too every time that we have it and we have to carry her down and she
and we have to carry her down and she
and we have to carry her down and she sits over there when we think about
sits over there when we think about
sits over there when we think about people with disability when we’re
people with disability when we’re
people with disability when we’re planning our buildings when we are
planning our buildings when we are
planning our buildings when we are organizing transport when we’re dealing
organizing transport when we’re dealing
organizing transport when we’re dealing with traffic we make it work better for
with traffic we make it work better for
with traffic we make it work better for everyone if there were a ramp in here it
everyone if there were a ramp in here it
everyone if there were a ramp in here it would be easier for anybody who was
would be easier for anybody who was
would be easier for anybody who was carrying a wheeled suitcase if there
carrying a wheeled suitcase if there
carrying a wheeled suitcase if there were a parent coming in with a stroller
were a parent coming in with a stroller
were a parent coming in with a stroller and a kid sitting in it it’s not just
and a kid sitting in it it’s not just
and a kid sitting in it it’s not just about the wheelchair but people with
about the wheelchair but people with
about the wheelchair but people with disabilities push us to do better for
disabilities push us to do better for
disabilities push us to do better for all of us
they are the ones who invented you guard
they are the ones who invented you guard if you are born without arms and you
if you are born without arms and you
if you are born without arms and you have something to write what are you
have something to write what are you
have something to write what are you gonna do look at this woman she’s
gonna do look at this woman she’s
gonna do look at this woman she’s amazing she’s riding with her foot
amazing she’s riding with her foot
amazing she’s riding with her foot people with disabilities because of
people with disabilities because of
people with disabilities because of their disability are by definition more
their disability are by definition more
their disability are by definition more resourceful more creative more
resourceful more creative more
resourceful more creative more innovative they come up with solutions
innovative they come up with solutions
innovative they come up with solutions for their own problems and they bring
for their own problems and they bring
for their own problems and they bring that into the world so that we can also
that into the world so that we can also
that into the world so that we can also benefit from it
benefit from it
benefit from it it’s because of people with disability
it’s because of people with disability
it’s because of people with disability that the Montessori system of Education
that the Montessori system of Education
that the Montessori system of Education exists I don’t know if you’re aware of
exists I don’t know if you’re aware of
exists I don’t know if you’re aware of that but it was for children with mental
that but it was for children with mental
that but it was for children with mental handicaps that Maria Montessori came up
handicaps that Maria Montessori came up
handicaps that Maria Montessori came up with the activity-based system of
with the activity-based system of
with the activity-based system of learning and we all know as
learning and we all know as
learning and we all know as educationists that that is the best way
educationists that that is the best way
educationists that that is the best way for anybody to learn it was invented for
for anybody to learn it was invented for
for anybody to learn it was invented for kids with disabilities however so we’re
kids with disabilities however so we’re
kids with disabilities however so we’re always learning when people with
always learning when people with
always learning when people with disability are part of us they slow us
disability are part of us they slow us
disability are part of us they slow us down they demand our time and then they
down they demand our time and then they
down they demand our time and then they get they make us see how much of it we
get they make us see how much of it we
get they make us see how much of it we actually have we are so important we’re
actually have we are so important we’re
actually have we are so important we’re so busy we don’t think we have that much
so busy we don’t think we have that much
so busy we don’t think we have that much time but actually when you work with
time but actually when you work with
time but actually when you work with children with disabilities you are
children with disabilities you are
children with disabilities you are forced to slow down and stop taking
forced to slow down and stop taking
forced to slow down and stop taking yourself so seriously they need us to
yourself so seriously they need us to
yourself so seriously they need us to help them take a hard job like buttoning
help them take a hard job like buttoning
help them take a hard job like buttoning a shirt or tying a shoe and make it into
a shirt or tying a shoe and make it into
a shirt or tying a shoe and make it into small steps so that they can understand
small steps so that they can understand
small steps so that they can understand it and then we learn to do that with the
it and then we learn to do that with the
it and then we learn to do that with the hard jobs in our own lives
kids with disabilities are actually the
kids with disabilities are actually the ones who helped us understand what is
ones who helped us understand what is
ones who helped us understand what is essential in bringing up a child this is
essential in bringing up a child this is
essential in bringing up a child this is a sad story but there was a group of
a sad story but there was a group of
a sad story but there was a group of children who were left in an orphanage
children who were left in an orphanage
children who were left in an orphanage in Romania they were taken care of
in Romania they were taken care of
in Romania they were taken care of physically but they got no social
physically but they got no social
physically but they got no social interaction nobody coddled them nobody
interaction nobody coddled them nobody
interaction nobody coddled them nobody played with them nobody responded to
played with them nobody responded to
played with them nobody responded to them and those children grew up with
them and those children grew up with
them and those children grew up with terrible terrible handicaps their brains
terrible terrible handicaps their brains
terrible terrible handicaps their brains were dead there were huge black holes in
were dead there were huge black holes in
were dead there were huge black holes in their brains and you can see that on
their brains and you can see that on
their brains and you can see that on brain scans and those children are the
brain scans and those children are the
brain scans and those children are the ones who actually taught child
ones who actually taught child
ones who actually taught child development experts doctors teachers
development experts doctors teachers
development experts doctors teachers what is essential for a child’s
what is essential for a child’s
what is essential for a child’s well-being and the most important thing
well-being and the most important thing
well-being and the most important thing is not the nutrition it’s the love it’s
is not the nutrition it’s the love it’s
is not the nutrition it’s the love it’s the responsive parent and now that we
the responsive parent and now that we
the responsive parent and now that we know that we can make sure that we
know that we can make sure that we
know that we can make sure that we intervene early if a child is in an
intervene early if a child is in an
intervene early if a child is in an orphanage we need to interact with them
orphanage we need to interact with them
orphanage we need to interact with them we need to hold them even just one hour
we need to hold them even just one hour
we need to hold them even just one hour of physically holding a child can make a
of physically holding a child can make a
of physically holding a child can make a difference to that child’s brain and
difference to that child’s brain and
difference to that child’s brain and that’s important for parents to
that’s important for parents to
that’s important for parents to understand
I had a little fight with my husband the
I had a little fight with my husband the other day and I was really mad and we
other day and I was really mad and we
other day and I was really mad and we both went to bed angry we didn’t speak
both went to bed angry we didn’t speak
both went to bed angry we didn’t speak to each other in the morning I got it
to each other in the morning I got it
to each other in the morning I got it don’t do that you know it’s not a good
don’t do that you know it’s not a good
don’t do that you know it’s not a good idea to go to bed angry but I got up in
idea to go to bed angry but I got up in
idea to go to bed angry but I got up in the morning and I was determined I was
the morning and I was determined I was
the morning and I was determined I was not gonna make the first move because he
not gonna make the first move because he
not gonna make the first move because he was wrong and I was right and I was not
was wrong and I was right and I was not
was wrong and I was right and I was not gonna
gonna
gonna relent and then I went into my study to
relent and then I went into my study to
relent and then I went into my study to get ready for this talk and I was
get ready for this talk and I was
get ready for this talk and I was working on photographs and I pulled this
working on photographs and I pulled this
working on photographs and I pulled this one out of Shiva and Shiva has cerebral
one out of Shiva and Shiva has cerebral
one out of Shiva and Shiva has cerebral palsy and you can see the arch of his
palsy and you can see the arch of his
palsy and you can see the arch of his neck how difficult life is for him and I
neck how difficult life is for him and I
neck how difficult life is for him and I was looking at this photograph and I was
was looking at this photograph and I was
was looking at this photograph and I was thinking about how much I admire him and
thinking about how much I admire him and
thinking about how much I admire him and how much I’ve learned from him his
how much I’ve learned from him his
how much I’ve learned from him his determination his his courage and I
determination his his courage and I
determination his his courage and I thought oh God so you’re such an idiot
thought oh God so you’re such an idiot
thought oh God so you’re such an idiot well you were getting so obsessed about
well you were getting so obsessed about
well you were getting so obsessed about who was right and who was wrong and
who was right and who was wrong and
who was right and who was wrong and who’s gonna speak first cut the crap
and finally seven they remind us who we
and finally seven they remind us who we are we are better than we know we are
are we are better than we know we are
are we are better than we know we are more capable we have bigger hearts than
more capable we have bigger hearts than
more capable we have bigger hearts than we give ourselves credit for and these
we give ourselves credit for and these
we give ourselves credit for and these children because of their
children because of their
children because of their vulnerabilities because they need us
vulnerabilities because they need us
vulnerabilities because they need us they bring that out in us they evoke our
they bring that out in us they evoke our
they bring that out in us they evoke our best selves disability is hard I’m not
best selves disability is hard I’m not
best selves disability is hard I’m not trying to pretend that it’s all easy but
trying to pretend that it’s all easy but
trying to pretend that it’s all easy but these kids help us to be better as human
these kids help us to be better as human
these kids help us to be better as human beings
beings
beings and finally after seven comes eight
and finally after seven comes eight
and finally after seven comes eight another mystical number just like
another mystical number just like
another mystical number just like eternity it just keeps going back on
eternity it just keeps going back on
eternity it just keeps going back on itself and that’s what we don’t know
itself and that’s what we don’t know
itself and that’s what we don’t know what would the world be like without
what would the world be like without
what would the world be like without disability we think we’d like to know
disability we think we’d like to know
disability we think we’d like to know and many experiments have been tried to
and many experiments have been tried to
and many experiments have been tried to get rid of disability Adolf Hitler had a
get rid of disability Adolf Hitler had a
get rid of disability Adolf Hitler had a very famous one
remember the old proverb how does it go
remember the old proverb how does it go beware what you wish for because you’ll
beware what you wish for because you’ll
beware what you wish for because you’ll get it and if you really want a world
get it and if you really want a world
get it and if you really want a world without disability you better think very
without disability you better think very
without disability you better think very carefully about what that world would
carefully about what that world would
carefully about what that world would look like we can learn a lot from a
look like we can learn a lot from a
look like we can learn a lot from a parallel struggle what would the world
parallel struggle what would the world
parallel struggle what would the world be like without little girls millions of
be like without little girls millions of
be like without little girls millions of women in Asia based with a crisis that
women in Asia based with a crisis that
women in Asia based with a crisis that they were pregnant and they were
they were pregnant and they were
they were pregnant and they were expecting a girl when it was a boy that
expecting a girl when it was a boy that
expecting a girl when it was a boy that they wanted or that their families
they wanted or that their families
they wanted or that their families wanted made individual decisions to
wanted made individual decisions to
wanted made individual decisions to abort their baby daughter’s sex
abort their baby daughter’s sex
abort their baby daughter’s sex selective abortion female feticide
selective abortion female feticide
selective abortion female feticide they thought they were acting alone they
they thought they were acting alone they
they thought they were acting alone they thought they were acting as individuals
thought they were acting as individuals
thought they were acting as individuals they had no idea that the collective
they had no idea that the collective
they had no idea that the collective result of all of those individual women
result of all of those individual women
result of all of those individual women was going to do something unbelievable
was going to do something unbelievable
was going to do something unbelievable change the sex ratio the sex ratio is
change the sex ratio the sex ratio is
change the sex ratio the sex ratio is supposed to be an immutable law of
supposed to be an immutable law of
supposed to be an immutable law of nature like the law of gravity you can’t
nature like the law of gravity you can’t
nature like the law of gravity you can’t mess with that and yet they did and the
mess with that and yet they did and the
mess with that and yet they did and the cataclysmic social changes that we’re
cataclysmic social changes that we’re
cataclysmic social changes that we’re seeing as a result we’re still not fully
seeing as a result we’re still not fully
seeing as a result we’re still not fully aware of society is different when
aware of society is different when
aware of society is different when there’s an imbalance when there are more
there’s an imbalance when there are more
there’s an imbalance when there are more men than women and we’re still trying to
men than women and we’re still trying to
men than women and we’re still trying to figure that out research is going on all
figure that out research is going on all
figure that out research is going on all over the world to comprehend what this
over the world to comprehend what this
over the world to comprehend what this is like why this is happening
the individual women who made those
the individual women who made those choices were not actually making choices
choices were not actually making choices
choices were not actually making choices they were responding to a world that
they were responding to a world that
they were responding to a world that didn’t value little girls like this and
didn’t value little girls like this and
didn’t value little girls like this and the feminist prescription isn’t just a
the feminist prescription isn’t just a
the feminist prescription isn’t just a ban sex selective abortion although I
ban sex selective abortion although I
ban sex selective abortion although I think we all agree that that’s very
think we all agree that that’s very
think we all agree that that’s very important it’s to change the world it’s
important it’s to change the world it’s
important it’s to change the world it’s to make it so that these girls are just
to make it so that these girls are just
to make it so that these girls are just as welcome as any boy every girl is as
as welcome as any boy every girl is as
as welcome as any boy every girl is as important as every boy
important as every boy
important as every boy now the leap from sex selective abortion
now the leap from sex selective abortion
now the leap from sex selective abortion to ability selective abortion might seem
to ability selective abortion might seem
to ability selective abortion might seem tenuous to you but it’s not it’s black
tenuous to you but it’s not it’s black
tenuous to you but it’s not it’s black and white and it’s the same thing
and white and it’s the same thing
and white and it’s the same thing ninety-three women chose to abort their
ninety-three women chose to abort their
ninety-three women chose to abort their babies their little down syndrome babies
babies their little down syndrome babies
babies their little down syndrome babies because the world doesn’t value people
because the world doesn’t value people
because the world doesn’t value people with disability it treats it like a
with disability it treats it like a
with disability it treats it like a capital crime seven women said uh-uh not
capital crime seven women said uh-uh not
capital crime seven women said uh-uh not my baby it’s the world that has to
my baby it’s the world that has to
my baby it’s the world that has to change those seven women realized that
change those seven women realized that
change those seven women realized that it was not just about that baby
it was not just about that baby
it was not just about that baby it was much bigger than that look at
it was much bigger than that look at
it was much bigger than that look at this baby that kid is so cute and light
this baby that kid is so cute and light
this baby that kid is so cute and light as a feather if we can’t take care of
as a feather if we can’t take care of
as a feather if we can’t take care of this baby because she’s got a disability
this baby because she’s got a disability
this baby because she’s got a disability do we really think that we’re going to
do we really think that we’re going to
do we really think that we’re going to be able to take care of our elderly
be able to take care of our elderly
be able to take care of our elderly parents who both weigh a hundred and
parents who both weigh a hundred and
parents who both weigh a hundred and fifty pounds and have very strong
fifty pounds and have very strong
fifty pounds and have very strong opinions about everything do we really
opinions about everything do we really
opinions about everything do we really think that we’re going to be able to
think that we’re going to be able to
think that we’re going to be able to handle the wounded war vet who comes
handle the wounded war vet who comes
handle the wounded war vet who comes back with no legs and a heart full of
back with no legs and a heart full of
back with no legs and a heart full of rage do we think that we’re prepared to
rage do we think that we’re prepared to
rage do we think that we’re prepared to handle it ourselves if we step off the
handle it ourselves if we step off the
handle it ourselves if we step off the curb with our lives all ahead of us get
curb with our lives all ahead of us get
curb with our lives all ahead of us get hit by a car and all our dreams come
hit by a car and all our dreams come
hit by a car and all our dreams come crashing down it’s like thinking that
crashing down it’s like thinking that
crashing down it’s like thinking that you’re ready to run a marathon when
you’re ready to run a marathon when
you’re ready to run a marathon when you’re not really in shape enough to
you’re not really in shape enough to
you’re not really in shape enough to walk down to the store and get your own
walk down to the store and get your own
walk down to the store and get your own milk it’s not happening it doesn’t just
milk it’s not happening it doesn’t just
milk it’s not happening it doesn’t just magically appear you build up to it
you’ve asked us to think about thinking
you’ve asked us to think about thinking take a moment to think I’m asking you to
take a moment to think I’m asking you to
take a moment to think I’m asking you to take a moment to think about disability
take a moment to think about disability
take a moment to think about disability and what it means in your world
and what it means in your world
and what it means in your world it’s not an easy job it’s not easy to
it’s not an easy job it’s not easy to
it’s not an easy job it’s not easy to have a disability yourself or to have a
have a disability yourself or to have a
have a disability yourself or to have a child with a disability I’ve been taking
child with a disability I’ve been taking
child with a disability I’ve been taking care of muy muy now for 28 years I know
care of muy muy now for 28 years I know
care of muy muy now for 28 years I know it’s a hard job and it’s hard for her
it’s a hard job and it’s hard for her
it’s a hard job and it’s hard for her and it’s hard for us but without her in
and it’s hard for us but without her in
and it’s hard for us but without her in our lives I can assure you we would not
our lives I can assure you we would not
our lives I can assure you we would not be the people that we are disability
be the people that we are disability
be the people that we are disability comes with gifts and it comes with
comes with gifts and it comes with
comes with gifts and it comes with struggle and when you accept that when
struggle and when you accept that when
struggle and when you accept that when you just say okay this is part of life
you just say okay this is part of life
you just say okay this is part of life and I’m gonna have fun while doing it
and I’m gonna have fun while doing it
and I’m gonna have fun while doing it you would be amazed at how your world
you would be amazed at how your world
you would be amazed at how your world would be transformed
and inclusive India means everybody it
and inclusive India means everybody it means there is nobody who isn’t
means there is nobody who isn’t
means there is nobody who isn’t important there is nobody who isn’t
important there is nobody who isn’t
important there is nobody who isn’t precious and valuable I can’t tell you
precious and valuable I can’t tell you
precious and valuable I can’t tell you the number of people who have come to
the number of people who have come to
the number of people who have come to volunteer with us at the electical round
volunteer with us at the electical round
volunteer with us at the electical round ation thinking that they were going to
ation thinking that they were going to
ation thinking that they were going to be doing a great favor to our children
be doing a great favor to our children
be doing a great favor to our children and leaving realizing that the gift was
and leaving realizing that the gift was
and leaving realizing that the gift was to them they are the ones who went away
to them they are the ones who went away
to them they are the ones who went away feeling happier more fulfilled luckier
feeling happier more fulfilled luckier
feeling happier more fulfilled luckier they had a wonderful time and I would
they had a wonderful time and I would
they had a wonderful time and I would like to encourage each one of you to
like to encourage each one of you to
like to encourage each one of you to reach out to people in your
reach out to people in your
reach out to people in your neighborhoods who may have a disability
neighborhoods who may have a disability
neighborhoods who may have a disability there’s a kid who’s just moved in across
there’s a kid who’s just moved in across
there’s a kid who’s just moved in across the street from me and I can hear him
the street from me and I can hear him
the street from me and I can hear him crying all day long he’s got a
crying all day long he’s got a
crying all day long he’s got a disability I’m gonna go over there when
disability I’m gonna go over there when
disability I’m gonna go over there when I get back from I’m going to Bombay
I get back from I’m going to Bombay
I get back from I’m going to Bombay today when I get back I’m gonna go over
today when I get back I’m gonna go over
today when I get back I’m gonna go over there and ask can I take this kid out
there and ask can I take this kid out
there and ask can I take this kid out for a walk he might enjoy that I’m sure
for a walk he might enjoy that I’m sure
for a walk he might enjoy that I’m sure you will find people in your
you will find people in your
you will find people in your neighborhoods who have problems and you
neighborhoods who have problems and you
neighborhoods who have problems and you can reach out you can be part of the
can reach out you can be part of the
can reach out you can be part of the solution make them a part of your lives
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