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LET\u2019S APPRECIATE BEAUTIFUL YET DIFFERENT CREATIONS OF GOD<\/p>\n
In the hallways of your school,
\nYou may see a child who seems different
\nShe may be the girl who always sits alone
\nOr the boy who never talks to anyone
\nOr a child who just cannot stop laughing or crying<\/p>\n
They look different from you-
\nThey are a little bit different than you
\nThey are just referred as Children with special needs<\/p>\n
They are the ones who are never allowed to play
\nThey are the ones who are never chosen first
\nThey are the ones who are often stopped by a stranger in the street and asked
\n\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you?\u201d
\nThey are the ones who get told they are not normal and should stop disturbing others<\/p>\n
They have parents who love them, but are constantly worried
\nAbout how their kids will survive after they grow old
\nThese kids must deal with bullies at school
\nThese kids must bear nasty words of some of their relatives<\/p>\n
They go through so much of pain, but they still expect the best from all of us
\nThey are quick to smile and slow to judge
\nThey have no malice or politics to play against each other
\nYou, special children are beautiful beings to teach us something new
\nEven if the world laughs at you and blind to your talents
\nYou are often misunderstood, underestimated, and ridiculed
\nOne day the world will realise, what they lost when they pushed you aside<\/p>\n
BY<\/p>\n
SHREYA SURAJ,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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