Soeren Palumbo is a senior honors student at Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois, and big brother to Olivia. During Writer's Week (in March 2007), he gave the following speech to a gymnasium full of his high school peers and faculty and received a standing ovation. It's well worth the read...
Soeren's Speech
3 comments:
Here in the UK we dont use the words retard or mentally handicapped.
THAT'S WONDERFUL THAT THOSE WORDS AREN'T USED. WHAT IS USED INSTEAD?
We use Special needs or learning disability.
Another word i see used a lot on american blog, is Crips. I thinks thats horrible, and ive never heard it used here.
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