What's Normal?

I have always wondered why certain people are born with disabilities and why most aren’t, especially since I have worked with students with disabilities heavily for the last two years. It is definitely hard not to ask God why he made certain people with disabilities. Not only are the people hindered from living a functional life, but their families are as well. Parents that have a child with disabilities not only have to care for their child till adulthood, but during adulthood as well.
My view on the creation of people with disability definitely shifted after reading Mr. Fetkes article, “ The Spirit of God Hovered.” I before did not view them the way God did and did not relate their creation to imago dei. Now, my question to God is not why did you allow this to happen to people, but instead, God, what can I do to help these people.
In this article, one thing that stood out to me was the part where he discusses people being “normal,” and “abnormal.” He states that , “ In identifying “normal,” people some might refer to the regular activities of humans in “ normal,” relationships and communication with other humans and with all creation. However, for the disabled, especially the mentally disabled, this communication and relationship with other humans might be deemed “abnormal,” because of the disability." This is most definitely true and how the majority of society views disable: sadly, including the church. Before I started working with the disabled, I considered them to be “abnormal,” instead of considering them to be equal to everyone else. Who’s to say what’s normal and abnormal anyways? We are all a little crazy and corky in our own way. Just because the disabled cannot communicate or function as effectively as the nondisabled, that doesn’t mean they are abnormal.