I really enjoyed the documentary we watched in class a couple of weeks ago. I love stories where a person can excel no matter what their situation was.
I was disturbed by the following:
-(I know you mentioned this in class) but how her mother referred to her as "mentally retarded." I did some thinking and I think this might have to do with the fact that it was before there was a lot of controversy surrounding being politically correct and actually acknowledging disabilities.
-How it was so unfortunate that she did have to have 24 hour care and she couldn't communicate unless it was through a keyboard or her typing instrument. Hearing her say, she wouldn't be able to call 911 on her own was very sad for me.
I was pretty emotional about this story because I work with children who are preschool age and always have, and it is so hard to know what children who can't really communicate (being 1-3 yrs. old) yet in their life might have something truly wrong with them. I'm glad her parents took note of things that she did because I know diseases such as autism go untreated for a while because parents don't really want to admit or look into the fact that their child might have a problem such as this.
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