Outside Activity 5

During this semester I had the opportunity to listen to an accomplished writer with a disability read her work. It was an incredible moment. A young woman named Kelly came to speak and she has autism. It was very moving to listen to her talk about her family and her life with autism as she spoke to us and through her book. I think her main idea she wanted to get across was to not make fun of people with disabilities. She told us in her book and through her speech that she had many hard times in school because other students would call her retarded and it hurt her feelings. Kelly was a very nice and intelligent woman who has accomplished a lot. She is living on her own in a community with other people with disabilities and is very close to her family. She inspired me as an individual to help others and myself.

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