I'm going to say something and I don't care if it makes people uncomfortable. The way some people talk online about people with disabilities is absolutely vile. Whenever a story comes out about someone with a disability - especially when something tragic happens - I make the mistake of reading the comments. "They shouldn't be allowed in society." "If I found out my child would be disabled I'd abort it." "Put them out of their misery." "Why should we pay for them to live?" As if they don't deserve to breathe the same air as you. Do you have any idea how it feels to read that about someone you love? About your son, your brother, your friend? About people who have more love and kindness in them than you will ever have? That lad in the photo? He's a Middlesbrough fan. He lives for match day. He has mates who have his back, jokes that make me cry laughing, and he feels everything so deeply. He DESERVES to be in society. He has every right to be out, to be seen, to live a full, normal, happy life. What you call "a burden" I call my pride and joy. What you call "shouldn't be allowed" - that's a human being. Someone's child. Someone who loves and is loved. If your first reaction to a disability is that the person would be better off not existing - the problem is not them. It's you. It's your outdated, ignorant, hateful perspective on what makes a life valuable. A life doesn't have to look like yours to be worth living. Behind every disability is a person reading what you wrote. And to all the parents, siblings and friends of someone with a disability who have read those comments and felt sick to your stomach - I see you. Your person is worthy. They always have been.