Behind a Closed Door: Ava’s DeafBlind Ability Statement
Authors: Ava Bullis, Student, New Jersey
Keywords: Family Wisdom, DeafBlind, Usher Syndrome, language arts, disability awareness, self-expression, self-determination
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People have many different disabilities.
Do you know their capabilities?
Try and see the friend they can be…
Ask questions. Be kind.
And have an open mind.
Don’t shut the door.
You could be missing out on so much more.
Like all of us, they are a piece in our world.
Like a stitch in a hem.
So be who you are.
And make a new…FRIEND!
A picture of the author’s name in braille with poem written in the drawing of a cochlear implant.
Image: Title, Behind a Closed Door, and author’s name in braille with poem written in the drawing of a cochlear implant.