What is the value of human life after a devastating injury or illness? A person's values are measured by his or her work and achievements. But what happens after a person can no longer work to produce anything? Does that person not have any value anymore? Respect? Friends? Understanding?Americans go abroad and help rebuild catastrophic areas damaged by hurricanes, they send third world countries huge monetary amounts, and TV personalities are urging us to help people infected with AIDS. We have a network of cancer societies, societies for diabetes, and many more societies for a lot of other illnesses, but what about our disabled people? What do we do with them? Hide them? Kill them? Get rid of them? Are they considered the "shame of our society? Anyone who steps into a vehicle knows something can happen even if you have the best driving record in the world. Another car can crash into you and change your life forever. We witness accidents each and every day. This is a known fact and thought seems that no one ever thinks about...."
