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Ableism

November 9, 2022
By Anonymous

Ableism

What is it

How does it relate to school

Why is the R-Word so powerful 

Walking through the halls, I can hear it

Freshman boys saying it to each other

Teachers yelling at them 

Not learning in school 

What’s next

The American Eugenics Movement Part Two

Of the 504 sit-ins

How can I be the change,

 How can I make this change in our school

How can I get them to learn

What can I say

What can I do 

to make change

What would Judy say, 

what about Carrie,

Would they be happy, that

Would Francis be mad 

Why Ableism

Not in our textbooks 

No mention 

Like they never happened 


The author's comments:

I chose to write about ableism in our schools and how it effects students with disabilities everyday. 


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