I Am A Woman With Amniotic Band Syndrome

People with a disability are in many ways othered within our society. Othering was expressed by Canales (2010) as, power within relationships for domination and subordination, with the potential consequences of being alienated, marginalized, decreased opportunities, internalized oppression, and excluded. Canales (2010) also suggested that “exclusionary othering is often influenced by the visibility of one's otherness and that these stigmatizing features that are immediately apparent, construct one's identity as other (p.19)… Their otherness is signified by their relational differences; when compared to the ‘ordinary’ and ‘natural’ attributes of persons perceived as socially acceptable (p.19)”.

The amount of people who live with disabilities is a controversial number. Depending on what law and diagnostic tools used, a person may have a visible disability, or one that may lie beneath the surface of his or her appearance. Some people believe that the term “disability” is merely a label use to hold back, or prescribe helplessness. Meanwhile, individuals who have been properly diagnosed with disabilities struggle to maintain respect and acceptance every day. In plain language, there is a lot of misunderstanding between people with disabilities and those without. It is firstly important to get everyone on the same page regarding the definition of disability.

Identity is what defines us as a person. Everyone one on earth has their own unique identity. To showcase my identity, I created a collage of images and descriptive words, called an identi-kit. This identi-kit shows what I feel like is my identity to myself and the others. My identi-kit identifies me as a mixed martial artist. The identi-kit has images of a deadly shark with mixed martial arts gloves on that say mixed martial arts on the front and fight shorts with the words competitor and warrior on them. It also has descriptive words like “killer instinct” and “fight” which describe my spirit. There are three assumptions that come to question when asking about one’s identity. The first is if you were born with this

The person who I am is composed of hundreds of identities, being a sister, a daughter, a student, a woman, conversely, one identity transcends others- being Hispanic.

Choosing a word to describe many different disabilities along with the way they live their lives. Sometimes not even considering the feelings of others, just using the label to not offend themselves. Mairs states,“I don’t care what you call me, so long as it isn’t ‘differently abled,’ which strikes me as pure verbal garbage designed, by its ability to describe anyone, to describe no one” (Mairs). Mairs has no care for the words people call her, she believes they are only protecting themselves. It makes it easier for them to recover if someone got offended. Everyone has a choice what to be called. If Mairs wants to be called crippled, so be it. You’re not her and living the way she has to every

The growth of identity is a practice molded by a person’s family history, environmental experiences, and societal attachments. Identity endures ordeals to make the person secure and attentive so that it’s easier for the person to know what to expect out of their life. Although changes in our surroundings can be accepted, adjustments to one’s identity can often be challenging. Particularly in African American identity, there is difficulty in accepting who one is and knowing one’s place in society. There is an even greater difficulty if one is a biracial African American.

An identity is more than just your name and sex it is also whom you are as a person and how you act as a person. In “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” – Judith Ortiz Cofer, “Gendered Interaction: Masculine and Feminine Styles...” – J.T. Wood, and “The Confidence Gap” – Katty Kay and Claire Shipman identity is a major theme that is talked about. In “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” the main argument is that Hispanic women often struggle being identified. In “Gendered Interaction: Masculine and Feminine Styles...” J.T. the main argument being made is that women and men have different ways of communicating. In “The Confidence Gap” the main argument being made is the lack of confidence that a woman lacks affects their work life in a negative way. Identity is describe more in details in the three passages it states how women and men are identified in certain aspects of their life.

In conclusion, I identity as Chicana or Mexican-American and I strongly think they reflect who I am. These terms describe me and are accurate compare to others like Hispanic or Latina. I think it’s important to understand yourself through a personal identity because your appearance is the first thing people see and you can never really tell what nationality someone is because everyone is different. There is no specific look for any group of people. Your identity is who you are and you should be able to explain that to others who don’t identify the same as

I have light skin and green eyes. It could be said that they’re my defining features, setting me apart from most girls, especially for a Mexican. At first glance, people tend to assume that I’m barely Mexican or not Mexican at all. It was always the same routine in a new class, at first glance people decided that I was not Mexican, then my name, Azucena, is called and they get thrown off. Maybe she is Mexican. It is only when I speak Spanish, which I do often with pride, that they realize that I am Mexican. They’re assumptions didn’t affect me. I liked who I was and kept them guessing. However, I wasn’t always as confident. In Mexico, when I was not yet fluent in Spanish and where I was easily influenced, my defining features became my biggest insecurity.

Nancy Mairs brings up points that are truly amazing to look back on from a perspective from 2016. Her entire essay boils down to one common statement: "Acheiving this integration, for disable and able-bodied people alike, requires that we insert disability daily into our field of vision: quietly, naturally, in the small and common scenes of our ordinary lives" (15). During this time, anyone who was different, was not even looked down upon, they were simply not looked at at all. Mairs talks about physical disabilities but this was a common theme from anyone who was different, whether you were homosexual, transender, or any other way one can be labeled "different." In today's world, being "different" is not only becoming more and more common, it is becoming appluaded through social media and the fear of being politically incorrect.

In America there’s different types of labels that people consider themselves for example Hispanic, Latina Chicana, or Mexican American. The way I consider myself is being a Hispanic, immigrant and paisa and having a minority meaning that us has Hispanic people we have a less amount of Latinos and every state. A reason why identity is important is because some people may see you like a different type of person they may think you are Chicano, Chicana, or Latino when you are really considering yourself in a Hispanic person. Why do I consider myself a Hispanic, immigrant, and a paisa? The purpose that I consider myself those three labels is because my foreign language has always been Spanish.

Society’s ideological constructs and attitudes towards minority groups are created and reinforced through media imagery. Although negative associations that maintain inequities with regard to race, gender and homophobia (Conner & Bejoian, 2006) have been somewhat relieved, disability is still immersed in harmful connotations that restrict and inhibit the life of people with disabilities in our society.

Throughout my life, certain identities have remained consist. And these identities have come to shape my perspectives and my needs and wants within American culture. Typically, my social

"Sometimes, the smallest things in life take up the most room in your heart" said A. A. Milne. Amniotic Band Syndrome is a congenital birth defect (17). Every family longs to have a beautiful, healthy baby. The rare and random defect's known cases occur in mothers with no abnormal prenatal history (17). The sad news is that mothers who do everything correctly still have a chance of having a pregnancy with ABS (17). Amniotic Band Syndrome is dangerous because it can cause physical complications, pregnancy challenges, and child mortality.

This paper will review the case of a 4-month-old baby boy who born with sequelae of Amniotic Band Syndrome and Synostosis of the Distal Tibia and Fibula. The parents came to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center specifically to the department of pediatric radiology to do some x-rays that the physician prescribed for the baby. The exams were of the tibia/fibula and the ankle/foot. There was not report to compare with. Overall, this paper will discuss the pathology of the patient, the protocol used for the patient examination in terms of techniques, the positioning used for optimal graphical views and the type of x-ray equipment employed.