In my research, I came across this blog, Growing Up with a Disability.
This now defunct blog was created by a college student with cerebral palsy. It made me think of a man interviewed in Geraldo Rivera's expose on Willowbrook and featured in Unforgotten: 25 Years After Willowbrook--Bernard Carabello. Bernard has cerebral palsy but was sent to Willowbrook, where he spent 18 years and was denied the education that he so desperately desired. Watch his story, which begins around the 5 minute mark in the video.
Bernard's story shows the importance of not determining a person's ability according to his or her diagnosis, of respecting the rights of all people and of furthering disability studies so that all people, including those like Bernard, might always have their rights protected and have equality of opportunity. Bernard's story also serves as a reminder that people with individuals are people first, not disabilities.
This now defunct blog was created by a college student with cerebral palsy. It made me think of a man interviewed in Geraldo Rivera's expose on Willowbrook and featured in Unforgotten: 25 Years After Willowbrook--Bernard Carabello. Bernard has cerebral palsy but was sent to Willowbrook, where he spent 18 years and was denied the education that he so desperately desired. Watch his story, which begins around the 5 minute mark in the video.
Bernard's story shows the importance of not determining a person's ability according to his or her diagnosis, of respecting the rights of all people and of furthering disability studies so that all people, including those like Bernard, might always have their rights protected and have equality of opportunity. Bernard's story also serves as a reminder that people with individuals are people first, not disabilities.
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