Christopher Kliewer Citizenship in School Caitlin Rennell
Quotes:
"How absurd to be judged by other at all, especially by those who have never experienced a disability or who are unwillingly providing us with support or who don't listen to the voices we have."
This quote means that us as human its in our nature to judge without even thinking, but its ridiculous that we judge others at all. Its worse when someone who is perfectly normal and hasn't ever had a disability before to sit there and judge you and not support you or listen to what you have to say or get to no you for who you are. This contributes to the article as a whole because its about disabilities and how we treat them so differently. We don't even really get to no them. We walk past them in the hall like they don't even matter.
"Knock it off! Knock it off! Becky is a girl who has cerebral palsy.... She's not allowed in school because of her handicaps. I think her school should just knock it off and let her in.
She needs an education. just because she is handicapped doesn't mean she can't learn. She's just got to do what she can do, which can be just about anything.
Becky is smart enough to fight back, just like I would if I wasn't allowed in school. I have Down syndrome and I can still do anything I want to do. If I wasn't allowed in school, I wouldn't have learned to do all the things I so now. I have Down syndrome, but I am not handicapped."
This quote was written by Christine who writes a weekly column called "Christine's Corner". This is a part of her column about a school's districts refusal to allow a student with cerebral palsy to enroll in a non-segragated school. It talks about this girl Becky who just happens to have cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a condition marked by impaired muscle coordination and/or other disabilities, typically caused by damage to the brain before or at birth. Her school wouldn't allow her to enroll because of her disability. That to me is totally unfair. Just because she was born with a disability, which by the way she can't help doesn't make her any less smart then the students you do let in. Christina also talks about how she has Down syndrome and if she wasn't allowed to go to school because of it she'd fight back because if she hadn't been allowed to learn she wouldn't be who she is and where she is now. The last part is the most powerful "I have Down syndrome, but I am not handicapped" to me thats incredible and very true. Having a disorder does not make a person handicap and a lot of people today misunderstand that.
"[Community] requires a willingness to see people as they are --- different perhaps in their minds and in their willingness and ability to contribute to the mosaic of society. It requires the "helper" to have the humility to listen for what the person says he or she needs. Also, the "helper" must see that the interaction "helps" both ways.
This quote was said by judith Snow who holds that the dialogic of democracy is ultimately a set of values based on respect, humility, and creative listening. It means that us as people have a desire to see individuals for who they are. Though they maybe be different in their opinions and learning their will to care and ability to contribute or give to our society.When someone gives to or help a person with a disability they need to be able to listen to what the person needs and realize that interactions help in multiple ways. This contributes to the article as a whole because this article is about Down Syndrome and this quote says that just because a person has a disability doesn't mean that it makes them who they are. People who don't have a disability treat people who do differently, but really they are just like us.
Questions/Comments/Points to Share:
This reading was very easy to read, but at the same time very inspirational. It gives you a view on how we treat people who have a disorder or birth defect something they really cant help. It horrifies me that we act like they are handicap when they aren't. All they want is acceptance and to be treated just like the rest of us and if a school isn't going to let them have an education because of their disorder then thats messed up. They are people just like us and the privilege of learning shouldn't be taken away from them. It does relate to the other texts we read because it shows privilege and how people who are in our society are "normal" are privileged while the people with disorder's make them outsiders when really they are just like us. My question is why would a school not let a child into school just because she has cerebral palsy? and how could we be so cruel and not notice?
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