Another Famous Person Reveals A Recognised DisAbility
I couldn’t believe my eyes when, while reading this month’s issue of Disability Now, I discovered that Bill Gates is DisAbled. Yes, he has Asperger’s.
If you’re currently using an Apple computer to read this post, you may not be half as inspired by this discovery as I am. Personally, however, I have a lot to thank Bill Gates for. My lovely laptop, often referred to as my best friend, runs on one of his many wonderful inventions- Windows Vista. If he’d never started Microsoft, I don’t know if you’d be reading this blog at all! I now have an extra reason, as if I needed one, to buy Microsoft products.
On a more serious note, there’s no question that most of the world, DisAbled or not, knows of Bill Gates and thanks him for creating Microsoft, and will continue to do so for many years to come. He is truly DisAbled as he has used what many may now realise are the natural traits of a person who has Asperger’s Syndrome to create something truly irreplacable, earn a fortune, and achieve brilliant success and worldwide fame. He is a true inspiration to anyone with any DisAbility. May many mainstreamers, on learning of his Asperger’s, take a moment to stop and realise that if Bill Gates has a disability, then there must be many other people who have disabilities whose inventions and ideas deserve to be listened to, as they, too, may just make the world a far better place.
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