The use of the word "disabled" always makes me angry. In my daily life, I experience so many difficulties that are not seen by any other person. However, once when a friend gets a broken1 and has to walk on crutches like me for a few weeks, they begin to look at me with more understanding.
In Nigeria, school education is a big challenge（挑战）for the disabled. The school buildings and all other facilities（设施）2 for anyone who uses a wheelchair or crutches. So in order to attend school, I usually have to do more than others. My parents didn't send me to any3 school, so I attended normal schools like many other children. But when I got to the college, things changed. I had to live on campus（住校）4 it was very far from town to the school and the travel cost much. Using the facilities was a difficult task, and many days I5 give up taking my bath in the toilets.
I didn't lose heart. Today, I work as a computer programmer and I own and drive a car. 6 , my mother did a lot in this success story. She always believed that I could become somebody7 in life. She always encouraged（鼓励） me and had high hopes for me. She's not alive now. Without her encouragement I might achieve nothing today. All mothers with disabled children should8 the example of my mother.
Disability is often thought of as something physical. It can be seen and9 . But the fact is that disability is often in the mind. So the final war has to be fought by yourself. People will not easily change their minds. You must make them see that they are10 . Society must know that we are not disabled, we are just challenged and will take up the challenge.
