@aidan,
Hi Rebecca!
I value all mature opinions and require no apology.
I sometimes wonder why such subjects are so untouchable, when most people who are affected, by whatever thread they are drawn to by personal circumstance, are eager to share or discover a guiding light or a listening ear with which to reduce or increase their particular self-awareness of such circumstance.
Everyone is perfect in my eyes, for we are all unique. We are the perfect representation of ourselves. Who else could be as good at being you as are you?
I look at Dr Hawkin, for example, not with a sense of pity, rather understanding, that what he lacks, due to his physical inability, is so balanced by his mental attributes. A blind person has an increased sense of all other senses, a deaf person - increased vision, etc.
Anyway, I'm babbling now...
All the best to you Rebecca!
Mark...