Handicapped in Poland

Everyday in many places, maybe somewhere behind your wall, the drama is happened. Somebody is suffering, but you don’t see him or hear him. This person, like many disabled people in Poland, lives at his home and just tries to survive in a world made for the able-bodied.
It goes without saying that the situation of disabled in Poland is not admirable. Frankly speaking their situation is incredibly difficult. They get menial jobs, if any, they can’t leave home without somebody’s help (for example because of some architectural obstacles) and they are also saddled with costs of their treatment and rehabilitation. The handicapped find it difficult to make ends meet. The sum of money that they get from the government is ridiculous small. It’s often not enough to health-care coverage. The handicapped should be foster by government and get bigger disability allowance. Moreover many disabled people would like to work, but few offices decide to employ them. The truth is that physically handicapped are completely able to work in jobs that don’t require full efficiency of the body. For example: paraplegic can work as an analyst. It can be said that solving problem of money is an half of success.
Another problem is the attitude of the able-bodied towards not only physically but mentally handicapped as well. These people are often objects of pity and ridicule. They feel rejected by society. It can be said they are discriminate. I firmly believe that our attitude towards handicapped members of our society has to change. We don’t think about their feelings, until disability happens to us. Only then we could realize how cruel is to be left by all “friends” and how difficult is using stairs or other architecture traps (normal for the able-bodied).
The situation of the disabled in our country is very bad but I hope it can improve if we all make an effort. A lot can be done by architects, social workers, therapists and doctors, government but the biggest changes can be done by each of us. It is worth trying, because nobody knows in what condition we will be tomorrow or in 20 years.