#WhyDisabledPeopleDropout because when I was in 11th grade, I had several bad flare ups of a disease I had gone through most of my school life with. I missed a lot of class and despite my willingness to stay after every day, work during lunch, and constant requests for help- 1/5
-my teachers decided it would be too much work to help me along and set me up to fail. Denying me my work and test retakes from when I was hospitalized, my new school nurse (my old one was a former ER nurse and was familiar with my illness, this one was not) telling me- 2/5
-“not to make a habit of going home early because I don’t feel good”, the list goes on. Only my math teacher was willing to help me. One teacher. I then asked a trusted study hall teacher if a GED would really ruin my life and when she said no, I dropped out. 3/5
It wasn’t fair that I was denied my full education because disabled people are seen as burdens to society rather than students that deserve to learn just as much as anyone else.
As a matter of fact, it’s a miracle I hadn’t dropped out sooner, considering the- 4/5
-TORTUROUS bullying I suffered when I had an ileostomy, and again when I had a PICC line.
Ableism in education is real, and it needs to be addressed, because I deserved my diploma. I deserved to be safe at school. I deserved my teachers to fight for me.
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