It is possible to perceive your health as good in spite of what outsiders may objectively see as disability or disease. If you feel you are healthy and have a high quality of life, that is what is most important.

We hear a lot about disease and disability among the elderly, but the quality of life in older individuals is actually high up to the oldest of age.

You hear the most about elderly people who are sick and disabled. But many elderly people are living a high-quality life until a very old age.

They came over here for a better life, then his health goes south and he's put on disability, then when their home burns down with six kids -- it's such a string of bad luck. Just when they think they've almost got what they're dreaming about, Boom! It burns to the ground.

Give Us An Opportunity We Will Accomplish Something beneficial

Children who appear disabled at 2 or 3 are not necessarily doomed to a lifetime of disability. These young adults were able to achieve much more than we expected.