Students Get First-hand Lessons
Experience challenges faced daily by people with disabilities.
After leading Angelo L. Tomaso School fifth-grade students through a series of exercises demonstrating the challenges faced daily by people with disabilities on Friday, Amy Burns, of the ARC of Somerset, hammered home the point. She tested the students by telling them she had two of the dozen disabilities discussed at the workshop, and challenged them to guess which two. Then, she shared her story of losing an eye and her right leg below the knee following treatment for a sports injury. The students' attention focused when Burns showed them her artificial limb. "You couldn't tell I had any disability could you?" she asked. "I hope you guys take that forward and never be mean to someone with disabilities." Point made—and according to Kelly …
