My goal in life is to make all people feel like they have a special place on this Earth. I would say that I am a human rights activist, and these issues hold a special place in my heart. My Aunt adopted 7 children with disabilities. To me, this is normal but to other people, it isn’t. I spent my childhood in inclusive classrooms, and not everyone gets to experience that. As somebody who is passionate about education and human rights, I want to be able to create a space where every student feels safe regardless of any other factors. The idea of eugenics and the horrifying perspectives people had and still do have about people with disabilities. It is sad to know that human life may be valued less than another. I think the biggest takeaway is that people with disabilities often do not find that their disability takes away from the joy in life. The world has to understand that they are people aside from their disabilities. I really enjoyed this quote: “How we frame disability determines how we live it, and if it is defined as calamitous from the start, the job of finding meaning is steeper than it need be. The fact that you wouldn’t have chosen something doesn’t mean that you can’t find joyful meaning in it”. The needs of those who are disabled are different from those of us who are not disabled. They are only different, not bad or an inconvenience, just different. The impact people can make in the world is so much more than this small aspect of them. As a society, we need to do better at making sure there is access and equity for all. If it was normal that all people experienced this I think that there would be a different perspectives on these “differences”.