PAUL MARTIN REPORTS:  

I attended a very inspiring conference recently called "Contemporary Issues in Mental Health" with the guest speaker being a Professor of Psychiatry. My intention is not to give you a précis of this conference, but only to say that modern medicine places too much emphasis on the illness and not enough attention is given to the individual burdened by that illness. 

I believe we should use that same attribute for individuals who live with a disability – so often the individual is forgotten about and the disability receives all the attention, or the attention the individual receives is only sympathy (Oh poor you!) and no real acknowledgment of the person's strengths or potentials.

A Credo ForSupport 

Do not see my disability as the problem.  Recognise that my disability is an attribute.