Songs about Disability

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So recently someone posted Spasticus Autisticus

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKnBgJG9A8E[/youtube]

so that got me thinking, what other notable songs are there about disability? There is of course Dream Theater's epic The Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kAdLiizR-4[/youtube] , but that's it's own thing.

Now, if you've been following the Brony community you would probably remember the "Derpy Incident" where a character was altered for being deemed offensive to the disabled. Naturally when that happened a wave of songs about said character came out that seemed to follow similar cliches between them and came across as a bunch of anti-cure rhetoric. Here is one of the best ones: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc-YMUWvA1s[/youtube]

Now this [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdNGHg66EKg[/youtube] is NOT one of those songs. It might have came out at around the same time and centers on the same character as the other songs, but if you pay attention it obviously isn't about the fiasco and it's a lot different from the other songs. I'm not going to spoil the details of the song, but it's probably my favorite Progressive Rock song, and it explores disability from different side than usual.

If you know anyother good songs about disability feel free to post them.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4GuNBPg7vk[/youtube]

that was me glad everyone is taking it for what it is and not what it isnt ( fun in it self not a insult)


soul asylum runnaway train

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf8n0rc1JHc[/youtube]


all i can think of at the moment

it talks about the lonelyless not knowing when to give feel like the world is on you're soulders need someone to talk to but no one is there ect

thats what i got from it anyway

I don't know how to put videos on here but there was a song in 1981 called "They won't let my Girlfriend Talk to me" by Jimmy and the Boys.
It's about a man whose girlfriend is put in a Mental hospital.

"Measuring Cups" - by Andrew Bird

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs7IBnYOnUk[/youtube]

This song suggests that there may be environmental toxins that cannot be avoided (It's in your water, and in your food. It's all around you: the air you breathe) that make everybody crazy.

The way it pertains to disability is this. I wrote it, and one of the parts goes My peace and quiet. It's what I need. That is because of the sensory issues from my autism. When I wrote this song about twenty years ago, I did not at that time know I had Aspergers. Just about that time is when the DSM-IV came out that finally recognized it in the USA, but yeah, it is a deeply personal song. I was questioning why I am different, and why all humans seem to act crazy, and pleading for peace and quiet.

Thanks. What constitutes sanity in any society is a majority consensus, so if the majority is crazy then crazy is normal. The premise of my song is there may be environmental toxins affecting everybody that mess with our minds, which seems likely to me and also explains some peculiarities of human behavior if true.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StFfXP4eAgU[/youtube]

I always thought this song fit those with psychosis/Schizophrenia/bipolar disorder. I guess it could fit people with a disability.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmb7TU0OrOI[/youtube]

Another song, that's not really supposed to be for someone with a disability... but it does fit, especially those with Autism is Me Against the World by Simple Plan.

I relate to this song so much because I feel like because I am different from everyone else, far from being normal that I'm against the world. You'd have to listen to the song to really understand it.