Column of the editor: Nikitas apologia

We did not do anything that the fragment of the book of Nikita Shchiruk became the most popular text on our site. We were surprised to it together with Nikita. The text has been laid out in the evening on Friday January 10, and with improbable speed began to disperse on a network. On "crest" of a wave of viewings, on January 13, the text has collected nearly 21 000 visits in days, currently it was seen by more than 50 000 times. These are record figures.

The text has gone far beyond our usual audience. Probably, because has mentioned also important social subjects, and notorious «soul strings». It investigates borders of our normality. Calls into question habitual borders of norm. It, eventually, "clings".

Negative and wondering comments became a reverse side of popularity of article. Them should be. The most ridiculous – charge of the author of desire to become famous. The chance to become famous through the publication on «Not the disabled person», of course, is. So life of our heroine Olesya Radushko which after article on «Not the disabled person» was invited to shootings the by «The first channel», for example, has sharply changed. But, alas, fine heroes are much more often remain almost not noticed. For example, the history of the lawyer from Vyacheslav Egorov’s cerebral spastic infantile paralysis, absolutely unique person, has caused less interest, than deserves. Here everything depends on a case or Trade. Let’s add that the initiative of the publication went from a site, instead of from the young man so Nikita obviously did not aspire to glory.

Many spoke: «I almost same». One in these words put support, others – condemnation or mistrust. The last were inclined to accuse Nikita of forgery but very few people has thought of how the existing system of diagnoses and terms is imperfect. Where a side, having passed which person cannot survive in modern society? Many have not reached this side of the half-step, some – have made pair of steps for line. Whether many of severe commentators know, what often in medical records of the grown-up autists there is a diagnosis "schizophrenia" simply because the diagnosis "autism" is not accepted? What does the official medicine prefer neuroleptics to special training programs? What is each family which tries to go against system for the sake of the benefit of the child the Quixote battling to very real at all by mills, and millstones of prejudices, instructions and the general misunderstanding?

Soon on a site there will be a detailed interview to Nikita and his mother. For now – be kinder. After all sincere disability, as it is known – the heaviest form of disability.