All are disabled to varying degrees. To those that are on disability insurance or are classified as vulnerable adults, the invitation to lead a life of individuation must be extended to each and every one of them.
To whatever degree that they can, given their handicaps and afflictions, to what degree of free will that they wield and can bring to bear, they must be encouraged by family, friends, themselves, therapists and health professionals, to be all that they can be.
No other way of living, in the long run, will bring them as much happiness and satisfaction. No other way of living will make them feel more complete, and more esteemed--especially by the self, but by the community also--as they do their own thing, and make something of themselves.
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