Living in the limelight The curiosity of the people is one of the major problems faced by a physical disabled person. Many of them are allergic to such feeling. They see it not as a taking part in their suffering, but just as a behaviour required by the circumstances and adopted by the able-bodied persons. Some handicapped persons even state that repugnance is easier to accept than compassion. It is necessary to understand their point of view.
Compassion has often the effect of a charity.
Helping is a virtue. Who help so as to gratify their own vanity and to set themselves up as protectors of the neighbour are wrong. Helping does not mean to do away with all difficulties, rather doing what the handicapped person cannot do by himself. If, for example, a person in a wheelchair has some difficulty in moving, he should not just be pushed, since his reaction might be quite aggressive. Who intends to help a handicapped person should leave him the faculty of choosing and deciding as he thinks best.