| End the use of the R-Word
I gave a speech at school to everyone in my year group/grade (I have one year left of HS so I guess I'm a junior, right? (not American) that means I gave a speech to juniors). Well, it was about learning disabilities and helping people with LDs instead of making... | 
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| Don't you know that's hurtful?
One thing that bothers me so much that I just want to scream everytime I hear it is when people use the term retard.
"Are you retarded?"
"Oh my God that's so retarded!"
Are you kidding me? How rude are you? No one really needs to use that word, no matter what they're... | 
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| Learning Disabilities
Hi,
My name is Samantha and I'm 14 years old. I have been doing a bit of activists work for bout 4 years now.
Some time this year, I took an interest in learning disabilities. I bought a book called, 'My Thirteenth Winter' by Samantha Abeel. I honestly didn't know what the... | WING it first! | 531 |
| Autism Awareness
What you dont know cant hurt you: ya and the easter bunny is real.I want to promote autism awareness to kids. I want to go around to schools and tell kids what it really is. I know that at 14 i cant find a cure. But, at 14 I can... |
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| My active role in Disability Rights
I became part of the Youth Leadership Forum my Junior year of high school. This Forum is sponsored by the Able Trust in Tallahassee, FL and is strictly for kids with all types of disabilities who live in Florida. It is a great experience and teaches those kids how to... | 
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