Dr Kelly Fleming

Disabled people have experiences that many non-disabled people have never faced. They have experienced discrimination, humiliation, frustration, which may have turned to anger, and they may need to learn to let go of all these emotions that weigh heavily on them. People who have acquired a disability often go through the process of grieving what they have lost. They have suddenly or slowly been plunged into a foreign world. If they gradually became disabled, each time they lose part of their mobility or intellectual ability, they must learn to renavigate things. Acquired disabilities can lead to depression or suicidal thoughts. During these times, family and Church members need to step forward to encourage the faith of these individuals and be a constant reminder that Jesus lives in every person. The reaction a non-disabled person receives from a person who is grieving a world they lost may be hostile and unreceptive, but it is important that each person remembers this anger and frustration is not personal, it is a genuine process which every person who encounters loss must work through and be allowed to openly express their emotions without judgment or words that discredit their feelings.

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