Hope Elizabeth Baltes

The moment she got trampled under the stomps and shoves of others, one could identify what she’d been feeling like previously - a witness to her own inconvenience. This incident not only exemplifies but also symbolizes the burden she feels having been born handicapped, unable to provide assistance or gain to the world. These feelings Adahs has for her life are later rebutted by her longstanding dreams of attending medical school and improving science. By achieving her academic potential, she finally recognized herself as an important asset to the world- no longer being seen as handicapped, physically or mentally.

Jon Owens was born on March 1, 1960. Jon’s parents feared of having a child with mental retardation. Jon family members are mom is a psychotherapist and dad is a psychiatrist. Jon had two sisters Jennifer and Jennice and a brother Charlton. Jennifer is a filmmaker. Jennifer says Jon is a spiritual teacher. Jennice is a keynote speaker. Charlton is a lawyer and doctor. When Jon was born, a pedestrian told his parents he would never reach age 5. Jon’s parents spoke with a fellow friend and doctor who had brother with Downs’s syndrome. The family friend expressed the grief of putting brother in an institution and how it ruined his family lives. Jon’s parents thought it would best to put him in nursing home. Jon was in a crib all his life. Jon lived in a nursing home for 6 ½ years until his caregiver died. Jon’s parents had received a call to make decisions on Jon’s care. Jon was diagnosed with having Down’s syndrome. Jon was more than a little slow, but mentally retarded. Jon had limited intellectual and physical abilities.

Gabby is an eight-year-old from Billings, Montana that appears at first glance to be an infant. She is two feet tall and weighs only eleven pounds. Gabby is growing at the speed of one year for every eight years. She is the second oldest to six children, which are growing at normal speed. Gabby also functions as if she were an infant. She is unable to walk, talk and is partially blind. Gabby has a condition called cortical blindness which according to research (1987) is normally related to cardiac issues which Gabby does not have. Although Gabby is unable to attend school she is able to develop the social skills needed by her siblings by participating in activities such as nail painting and dress up. Also Gabby’s parents have a specialist come to

In the book The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, the main character Jessica is trying to adjust to a new life without one of her legs. Another character, Rosa, helps her through this while facing a disability of her own. Rosa was born with cerebral palsy. Even though some people don’t take the time to really get to know her, she has some great qualities that should make people want to. In the book, Rosa gets those close to her to see her real self instead of just seeing her as the girl in the wheelchair that has trouble talking. She manages this through using some of her best qualities: her friendliness, joy in helping others, and optimism.

During our lives, serval blissful, traumatic, culture event that established the transformations during cognitive, social, physical, and characteristic changes in our lives from the time of birth through our death. A person’s existence is shaped and molded by the experiences that have set us physically and mentality. The interview conducted for this project for an understanding of, Mrs. Candi Jones, is a mother, daughter, and sister. She was the middle child of in a physically disable household where father and sister hearing-impaired; a mother who is deaf. They are a mixture of a sibling through birth, adoption, and foster. During the interview with Ms. Jones, she discusses experienced numerous events in her life that play a major influenced

Jon Owens was born on March 1, 1960. Jon’s parents feared of having a child with mental retardation. Jon family members are, mom is a psychotherapist and dad is a psychiatrist. Jon had two sisters Jennifer and Jennice and a brother Charlton. Jennifer is a filmmaker. Jennifer says Jon is a spiritual teacher. Jennice is a keynote speaker. Charlton is a lawyer and a doctor. When Jon was born, a pedestrian told his parents he would never reach age 5. Jon’s parents spoke with a fellow friend and doctor who had a brother with Downs’s syndrome. The family friend expressed the grief of putting brother in an institution and how it ruined his family lives. Jon’s parents thought it would best to put him in a nursing home. Jon was in a crib all his life. Jon lived in a nursing home for 6 ½ years until his caregiver died. Jon’s parents had received a call to make decisions about Jon’s care. Jon was diagnosed with having Down’s syndrome. Jon was more than a little slow, but mentally retarded. Jon had limited intellectual and physical abilities.

This “Brooklynite” moved to Florida, with her family, for the better part of her life and only returned to us three years ago! We’ve missed you! In returning, she lived out on Far Rockaway with her aunt but, unfortunately, the Sandy tropical storm caused too much damage to the house and she no longer lives there. Fortunately, she has been living with her boyfriend of two years in Bushwick and received some of the best support from him and vice versa. Along with the support of her boyfriend, Stephanie has also found meaning in her boyfriend’s daughter, Madison. Seven year old Madison suffers from cystic fibrosis. The love that Stephanie has for her led to her recent participation in a walkathon/fundraiser to raise awareness for this disease. Although, the walkathon was rained out, the fundraising, love, and support continues.

An athletic and charming twelve-year-old girl, Hope Stout, was an ordinary child, until she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, that was found in both of her legs, her back, her hip, and her lungs.

My niece Mikah Bradford was born October 13th, 1988. She was born prematurely. Mikah spent the first month of her life in a neonatal incubator. My second oldest sister Crystal sat by her side the whole time singing to her. I was born May 18th, 1990. Mikah and I grew up as if we were sisters. The year she turned thirteen she was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes. The doctors did not want to scare her too bad with the diagnosis, but looking back now they should have. Mikah kept eating what she wanted and gaining more weight. By the time Mikah turned twenty-one her doctors did not like the way her body was causing her pain. A few months after she turned twenty-one Mikah suffered a server diabetic attack.

In deciding to write about my friend Jane Addams, I knew that it would not be an easy task. Jane is an amazing person who is driven to help all manner of people even though her own life was filled with struggles. Jane brought hope, caring, and love to many people in two centuries, the 19th and the 20th. She lived her life for others by taking her struggles and turning them into ways to alleviate the same for others less fortunate. Jane's learning took her across an ocean and led her to people who would help her on her journey. One of these people was Ellen Gates Starr. Together Jane and Ellen worked for many years as a team to help others.

It is 7:11 on Friday night, the first of March 1996, in room 112 of Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine. Married couple, Chris and Veronica Meserve of Steep Falls, Maine are welcoming their second daughter into the world, Shawna Irene Meserve. She will grow to be a physically and developmentally healthy being because of, among many factors such as her genetics, the circumstances and significant relationships surrounding her birth. Starting at the beginning of Shawna’s parents’ relationship, these circumstances and significant relationships surrounding this infant’s birth will be highlighted and analyzed to determine how they may have affected her very early development.

Sixteen years ago, Skylar Blaize Pichey was born. She was born to a single mother, who got pregnant the first time she had sex. Her mom thought she loved this man, but soon came to realize he was no good when he hit her. She moved back in with her parents and was living with them during this time. Skylar was born 6lbs 6oz, just a little thing. Her mother’s only child, at the time and present day. Her mother fell in love at first sight. She was cared for by her mother and her grandparents, her father was occasionally around to see her, until her mother decided he would not be a part of their lives.

The phrase, “Never judge a book by it’s cover” definitely applies to my ghoul name and the legacy she left behind. My ghoul name, Elizabeth Bathory was the stunning Countess of Hungary who had a tendency to slaughter youthful women. Her full name was Elizabeth Bathory de Ecsed and she was born on August 7, 1560. During the time from of 1590-1610 she brutally tortured and ended the lives of 650 young women. The women were ripped off of the streets and in nearby villages. Her name symbolizes blood shed and beauty nowadays and all of the horrible, gruesome, and dreadful things she did. Her other names included The Blood Countess and Countess Dracula because of her haunting tactics. Her frightful tendencies were put a stop to 4 years before her

Lucy Grealy tells a story about not fitting in, unbearable pain that takes up residence in one’s head as loneliness and confusion, questioning what things mean, being scared and lost in your family, enduring intense physical pain, and most importantly, figuring out who you are. Lucy had no idea she might die, even though the survival rate for Ewing’s sarcoma was only five percent. She does not present her parents as overly afraid for her life, either. Her autobiography is not a story about the fear of death, but about such courage and anguish. Lucy shows how she falls under the spell of her disability, allowing it to control her life and dictate her future to a greater extent than it would otherwise. Having a disability means that

“One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop is a nineteen line poem known as, a Villanelle. The poem uses repetition and rhyme to describe the losses which Bishop experienced throughout her life. She describes all types of loss from the smaller losses, such as your keys or phone, all the way to the most affecting losses like a home or a life. Bishop uses the traditional poetry form of Villanelle to portray the theme of loss, as well as, the theme of memory and the past.