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My “privilege” includes having attended a high school that consisted of a predominantly white, able-bodied, middle-to-upper-class student body rife with the stereotypical cliques of the 1980s. I was one of only three mainstreamed students in my graduating class who had visible disabilities. As such, I was often ridiculed and ostracized. I was called names likeContinue reading “The Gift of the Continuum of Services Part V: Social-Emotional Development”

As the oldest child in a single-parent household, my mother relied on me to babysit, cook, and clean while she worked multiple jobs. Mom, who could be Martha Stewart’s long-lost twin, had an exacting standard for managing household demands. As such, she constantly critiqued my work, providing a barrage of suggestions. Blindness was never anContinue reading “The Gift of the Continuum of Services Part IV: Self-Sufficiency”