At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered the following statement: "When not interfered by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection". Yet, my son Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things for my son? The audience was stilled by the question. The father continued. "I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true huma...
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