Positive

When you have a child with a disability, you learn pretty early on how to accentuate the positive.

A minor victory can keep your fighting spirits fuelled.

My daughter does have some milestones she’ll never reach. She’ll never get married, she’ll never be a mum, she’ll never be able to live independently.

But she’s managed a whole heap of stuff.

Feeding, sitting, rolling, standing, walking, dancing, signing, talking, grinning, laughing, joking, loving, discovering, hugging, sharing, reading, writing, chatting, singing, playing, Nintendo-ing, selective hearing, and answering back.

Each of these achievements took time. The longer we had to wait, and the more work they involved, the more they meant. We took nothing for granted.

When you have a child with a disability, you learn pretty early on how to accentuate the positive.

Also, you get free loft insulation, you can jump the queues at Eurodisney, and parking’s a doddle.

Video is Aretha Franklin - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive