Christopher Reeves's Perception Of The Disabled Person

Intro: Christopher Reeve was an actor best known for playing Superman. After his accident he was paralyzed and tried passing and started convincing people that the Americans with Disabilities act should be passed. Reeves uses high emotions that convince the audience at the Democratic National Convention that the law should be passed. He talks about his story and emotions in his everyday fight with being disabled, also other people and what they and their family go through. Reeves uses facts and his opinions to describe the emotion of what people go through when they are disabled.

First, he says says that family value is important and that this means we are all family and all of us have value. Most of us are hurting if this is true, and one

He means that they never though a man would walk on the moon and if we think positive and keep working at finding ways to overcome disabilities we will one day get there. We have to be the ones to achieve our dreams and if we believe in ourselves we will rise up and show we achieved the impossible. We have already conquered outer space, so if we over came that we should be able to overcome inner space and find cures to deal with the disabilities. You have to be like Christopher and strive to be the one whose shows the way and doesn?t give up so you can accomplish your dreams.

Conclusion: All in all, Reeves is the one who sets the example. He is trying to show that disabled people do matter to America and that we should be working hard to find cures for them. He shows leadership by overcoming his disability of being paralyzed by talking and showing that disabled people matter just as much as everyone else. You have to go after your dreams and not wait for them to come to you. America is known for achieving the impossible and if we all use leadership and teamwork on finding cures then we can overcome this problem in our world