How Curious?

"Sometimes people are born with disabilities, but it’s communities that handicap them.”​​Anonymous


I agree with this statement. Our society normally looks at disabled people and automatically label them. As a society we sometimes focus on this disability so much that we never attempt to find and grow the ABILITY. I mean that we define them but what the person can't do than what the can do. Communities often do not make the effort to understand people who may look, sound, or speak differently than us. In the book, I think Christopher saw doing well on the A-math exam as a way to get into college. A way to experience some of the independence of other teens his age. Despite the fact that he was good at math Mr. Jeavon was reserved to have him take the test.
One of my mom's closest friends son (GD)has autism. We both bowl and have competed with some success together over the last few years. I must say in the beginning my interactions with GD were odd. I did not know what to expect. My mom and I had to change the way we spoke, there is something to being direct when talking, saying what you mean.  , be more direct even with our jokes, that was hard. But in a few weeks my mom started to leave her bowling balls in the car expecting GD to take them. Standing in front of the doors until I our GD opened them, letting GD pump gas and eventually my mom talked his mom into letting him have a secured debit card (It only has $50 on it but it allows him to buy the small things in life without having to ask his mom.) My says GD is 19 about to be 20, he needs to be treated like the man he has become.  GD has become more social..looks at us when he speaks, gives us high fives when we bowl well. He even pats me on the head sometimes when I am not doing well. Appreciating, but not labeling  GD by his disability. Knowing that it is okay for GD to have failures and expectations like anyone else. My mom says taking that away puts and ceiling on who he can become. Well in terms of bowling GD has absolutely no disability or handicap .