WINNING STRATEGIES FOR THOSE WITH PHYSICAL CHALLENGES

THERE ARE DIVERGENCE OF VIEWS AS TO THE APPROPRIATE NOMENCLATURE FOR PEOPLE ON WHEEL CHAIRS,THE BLIND,DEAF,DUMB,CRIPPLED ,AND THOSE WITH VARIOUS FORMS OF IMPEDIMENTS.SOME STATED THAT THE CORRECT PHRASE IS “PEOPLE WITH DISABILITES”OTHERS SAID “PHYISCAL CHALLENGE ” IS MORE APPROPRIATE.WHICHEVER SIDE OF THE COIN THE ARGUMENT GOES,THE FACTS REMAIN,THAT THOSE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND CHALLENGES NEED TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE SOCIETY AS PRODUCTIVE HUMAN BEINGS.BEGGING,ABANDONMENT TO THEIR FATE,REJECTION AND MISERY SHOULD NOT BE THEIR LOT IN LIFE.INTERESTINGLY,EVERY HUMAN BEINGS HAS ONE FORM OF CHALLENGE OR THE OTHER,BE IT PHYISCAL,EMOTIONAL,FINANCIAL,INTELLECTUAL OR WHTEVER.I SPOKE ON THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR .A VERITABLE TOOL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL FOR SELF PERSONALITY BUILDING AND I WOULD WANT YOU TO BENEFIT FROM THIS AS IT WILL ADD VALUE TO YOUR LIFE,ESPECAILLY OUR YOUTHS,WHO KEEPS LAMENTING ABOUT ONE FORM OF CHALLENGE OR HANDICAP IN THIER LIVES 1.DIGNITY THE OXFORD DICTIONARY EXPALINS THAT DIGNITY IS THE QUALITY OR STATE OF BEING WORTHY OF ESTEMM OR RESPECT INHERENT NOBILITY AND WORTH 2LABOUR THE DICTIONARY ALSO EXPLAINS LABOUR AS PRODUCTIVE WORK-ESPECAILLY PHYISCAL WORK DONE FOR WAGE S 3PERSONALITY BUILDING THIS CAN BE WELL EXPLAINED AS A TRAINING TO IMPROVE QUALITES AND TRAITS,AS OF CHARACTERS OR BEHAVIOUR THAT ARE PECULIAR TO DISTINCTIVE QUALITES OF A PERSON ESPECAILLY THOSE DISTINGUSIHING PERSOANL CHARACTERSITC THAT MAKE ONE SOCAILLY APPEALING. 4THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR WE CAN NOW CONCLUDE THAT THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR IS THAT QUALITY OF ESTEEM AND RESPECT GOTTEN WHILE DOING PRODUCTIVE WORK AND IS A VERITABLE OR IMPORTANT TOOL FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO DESIRES SELF PERSONALITY GROOMING AS IT BUilDS YOU UP AND GIVE S YOU QUALITES THAT WILL MAKE YOU UNIQUE AS A PERSON THE REALITY OF OUR WORLD the world is vast and it needs people who can be relevant in whatever capacity they can,not liabilites or redundant people.it needs people irrespective of their ability or disbility,to make thier own contribution.there are numerous eaxamples of people who have through honest dignity of labour ,built good qualites for themselves that make them relevant and socailly appeling,however considering our focus on the physical challenged today. i will give relevants example of people who have made an indelible mark in this geneeration and world,despiteb their disbilites.they all in one way or the other ,show that there is ability in every disbility 1.HELEN KELLER BORN IN 1880,HELEN KELLER BECAME BLIND,DEAF AND DUMB AFTER THE AGE OF 18 MONTHS.SHE WAS INITIALLY A PROBLEM CHILD UNTIL SHE MET HER GOVERNESS(TEACHER/MENTOR)ANNIE SULLIVAN,WHO HELPED HER DISCOVER HER POTENETIALS.HELEN KELLER BECAME ONE OF THE GREATEST WOMEN OF HER GENERATION.SHE WROTE 11 BOOKS AND WENT ROUND THE WORLD ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE BLIND/DEAF AND WOMEN.SHE LIVED TO A RIPE OLD AGE OF 87 AND AT HER FUNERAL ,A SENATOR LESTER HILLS WAS FULL OF PRAISE FOR THIS GREAT WOMAN WHO WAS AN INSPIRATIONTO HER WORLD DESPITE HIER DISBILITY 2.JOHN FOPPE BORN IN 1970 WITH SEVEN BIRTH DEFECTS AS WELL AS HAVING NO ARMS,FOPPE WAS NOT EXPECTEd TO LIVE ,BUT DESPITE ALL,THIS FOPPE HAS MADE A MARK IN THIS GENERATION.A RENOWNED AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER MOTIVATIOANL SPEAKER,HE DID NOT LET HIS DISABILITY RESTRICT OR HOLD HIM BACK,HE DID NOT LET IT MAKE HIM A BEGGAR,RATHER HE STILL DID THE THINGS THAT ABLE PEOPLE DO.ARMED WITH A MASTERS DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK,HE GOES ABOUT DOING DIGNIFIED LABOUR(MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING)AND USUALLY TELLS HIS AUDIENCE THAT OUR ONLY HANDICAPPS ARE THOSE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ONES THAT PREVENTS US FORM PARTICIPATING FULLY IN LIFE AND NOT BEING BLIND,DEAF,DUMB,OR WITHOUT LEG OR ARMS.JOHN FOPPE EVEN CAME TO NIGERIA A FEW YEARS BACK,TO MOTIVATE A GROUP OF BANK EXECUTIVES.HE WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO ADDRES MEMBERS OF THE NYSC.TALK OF POSTIVE IMPACT 3.FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT A STRONG PERSONLAITY IN AMERICA AND EVEN BEYOND THE SHORES OF AMERICA,ONE OF THE VERY MANY GOOD THINGS AMERICA HAS PRODUCED.DESPITE HAVING POLIO,AND BEING CONFINES TO A WHEELCHAIR,HE WENT AHED AND CONTESTED TO BE A GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK AND HE WAS ELECTED IN 1928.THEREAFTER,HE CONTESTED THE PRESIDENCY OF AMERICA AND WON,BECOMING THE 32ND AMERICA PRESIDENT(1933-1945).THERE IS DIGNITY IN TRUE LABOUR,DESPITE DISABILITY 4.STEVE WONDER ONE OF THE WORLD MOST FAMOUS MUSICIANS,WHO KNOW THERE VWAS NO HOLDING BACK IN WHAT HE WNATED TO ACHEIEV,BORN WITH BLINDNESS,STEVE WONDER ACAN PLAY A GOOD NUMBER OF INSTRUMNET LIKE DRUMS,CONGA,BASS GUITAR,PIANO ET.C.A SONG WRITER AND RECORD PRODUBCER,HE HAS RECORDER 30 TOP HITS AND HAS WON 22 GRAMMY AWARDS 5.YINKA AYEFELE THIS GUY IS AN AWARD WINNINH GOSPEL SINGER,WHO IS CONFINED TO THE WHEELCHAIR.A NIGERIA FROM THE SOTH WEST,HE WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAGIC AUTO CRASH SOME YEARS BACK,WHICH BROUGHT ABOUT HIS PHYSICAL DISABILITY,DESPITE HIS PAIN,DISAPPOINTMENT AND TRAGEDY,HE WENT AHEAD TO SING,RECORD AND LAUNCH HIS OWN UNIQUE BRAND,TODAY HE IS WINNING LAURELS,AND RECENTLY GOT A DEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL MUSIC TOURS THAT IS A GREAT LESSON ON RESILIENCE.SO DEAR FREIND,WHAT EXCUSE DO YOU HAVE FOR GIVING UP ON YOUR SELF?NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH,WITH RESILIENCE ,FAITH,PERSISTENCE,EXTRA EFFORT AND THE GRACE OF GOD,YOU WILL RISE BEYONG YOUR FAILURES AND LAND ON A WINNING SIDE 6.RAY CHARLES 7HERB GREEN HERB 8.THOMAS EDISON 9.NICK VIJICIC 10.ASHLEY JACK 11.COBHAMS ASUQUO 12.BALLARD KAYE 13 slyvester omosun an author who is hearing and speech impaired and a very good friend of mine