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My name is Davida Shensky. I have cerebral palsy(right side only). I was in graduate school when PL94-142 Individual Disability Education Act(IDEA) became law. I was in the workplace 10 years before the American With Disabilities Act (ADA)became law. I hold

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Overcoming challenges: 57 of 57

people with physical and mental disabilities have been abandoned at birth, banished from society, used as court jesters, drowned and burned during the Inquisition, gassed in Nazi Germany, and still continue to be segregated,institutionalized, tortured in the name of behavior management, abused, raped, euthanized, and murdere...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Communication breakdowns in a family: 13 of 13

I grew up in a dysfunctional family. My father physically abused his chilren every day and called it discipline. My mother not only verbally an emotionally abuse her children but would lie to manipulate them to do what she wanted. Because of this, my older sister whom is deaf, lives with my mother, gets a disability check, a...