For the past few years I have had a standing invitation to go chat with the 4th grade at the McDonogh School. It started with an idea of Doctor Whiteford and her husband who works at the school. As part of Mr. Whiteford’s lesson plan the students read a book about a boy that can’t talk. To relate more to this story the student cannot talk for a day and have to use picture books as a way to communicate.
At the end of this lesson Dena and I go talk to the class that allows me to explain how life is with a disability. The students always of questions that most adults do not even ask. I believe if we are going to change societies’ out look upon disabilities, it starts with the youth.
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