Minority Not Nonentities

MINORITY NOT NONENTITY We're the minority not nonentities We aren't helpless persons deserving of pity and charity So Include us in the mainstream education and employment We don't really need your sympathy You will see the beauty of our lives if only you treat us with empathy You speak different languages once that may be alien to you But that doesn't change you. I am or what my personality is Signing is my language that links me to my friends and those you want to understand me So don't call me "disabled" just because you don't understand my language. We are caged up by this unfriendly environment Which has caused our restriction other than our impairment Give us mobility skills like you were nurtured on how to walk Clear the barries that have created unsurmountable walls in our path And we will reach our destination with our crutches and canes It doesn't matter if am without a leg or arm Whether I can see your colourful robes or hear your loud sounds does not count What is important is my capability and not my physical looks. So don't besmirch our reputation by referring to us with demeaning names We go in search of white colour jobs but our disability paints us black Our certificates are given a glance but their eyes refuse to see past our appearance Yes we are we with a disability but that is not inability So stop seeing us helpless or vulnerable Your freedom ends where our freedom starts So this time we are seeking RIGHTS not RICE