Learning to accept ourselves is hard to do, especially when we want so much to fit in with our friends and our classmates. Most of us are self-conscious about the way we look. Or we wish we could be better than we are at something. Many of us worry about things that are invisible to our friends and our families. But they are important to us and influence the way we act. When you have a disability, fitting in is even harder. A disability is the first thing other people see. Sometimes it's the only thing. And people forget to look beyond the wheelchair, or the hearing aid, or the prosthesis. They don't see the person -- only the person's disability. They forget that these are people who could be our friends. Kids with disabilities may seem different, at first. But they are people with many interests, ideas and feelings, just like everyone else!
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