Ihave a physical disability. Can I be a Mason?
The answer is almost certainly yes,provided you can attend Lodge (and meet the non-physical criteria in question (1) of this section). Paraplegics have been made Masons, as have the blind, the deaf, and others with a variety of physical handicaps. Minor modifications may need to be done to the rituals (e.g., employing sign language, modifying points where the candidate stands if the candidate is in a wheelchair, etc.) but most Lodges are willing to accommodate candidates. In medieval times, the requirement to have a sound body free of physical defect was a serious one, since thework of stonemasonry was physically difficult. Some Grand Lodges did carrythis requirement into symbolic (i.e., non-operative) Masonry. However, in recent times this has all but been eliminated. Talk to your local Lodge if you have any questions.
