RITA SAID IT RIGHT WHEN SHE WROTE:

?It always makes me think about what I am doing in my life to make things better for myself and others.?

IT IS A MAIN REASON I WRITE. PEOPLE WHO R HANDICAPPED R SEEN DIFF. THAN THEY R. -SHOULDN?T BE, BUT THEY R. IT CAN BE VERY HURTFUL, BUT U LEARN 2 EXPECT IT-ELEMENTARY-AGED KIDS R THE WORST. PARENTS SAY, ?DON?T STARE!? I THINK THEY SHOULD KNOW OF HANDICAPPED PEOPLE LONG BEFORE THAT STATEMENT!

HANDICAPPED PEOPLE ALSO TEND 2 SEE THINGS IN A NEW LIGHT, & I HOPE 2 SHARE THAT PERSPECTIVE.

LET ME BE CLEAR, I DO NOT INTEND 2 HURT ANY1 BUT MAY BY TYPING MY THOUGHTS-IE. MY GRANDMA?S CAREGIVER MEANS VERY WELL, BUT SEEING SOME THINGS MADE ME HAVE MEMORIES. MOST CAREGIVERS DIDN?T LEARRN ASL, SO COMMUNICATION WAS NOT SOMETHING I LOST. WATCHING HER JUST REMINDED ME HOW FORTUNATE I AM IN MY SITUATION. ALSO, I DO NOT KNOW ALL MY GRANDMA?S NEEDS-MAYBE SOMEDAY I 2 WILL APPRECIATE SOME1 CUTTING MY MEAT! FUNNY THING 4 ME, WHO EVEN NEEDS HER SALAD CUT BY SOME1, 2 SAY!