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Fluvanna Takes a Stand for Disability Awareness

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Published: December 07, 2011 By Emily LeSueur
FCHS Journalism Program

There are many different types of disabilities, but they all have one thing in common: the need for respect.

The Fluvanna County Special Education Advisory Committee took a stand for disability awareness on Oct. 12 when they made a presentation to the school board about disabilities. The presentation included the campaign of “Spread the Word to End the Word.” This campaign is working on ending the usage of the word “retard.”

“There needs to be a paradigm shift in regard to thinking about what a person with a disability can or cannot do,” said Mona Holmes, chairperson of the Fluvanna Special Education Advisory Committee.

Most of the Fluvanna schools took part in Disability Awareness Month, as well. Fluvanna Middle School celebrated disability awareness with a night that included special education success stories, as well as panels on transitioning to college with special education, and using technology with special education. All three elementary schools welcomed the “Kids on the Block” puppet show to educate their students about children with disabilities. The high school had activities in different classes to honor their classmates with disabilities.

“People with disabilities are still just people! Every person needs our attention, love, encouragement and support—whether they are disabled or not. If all people operated as if we are all in this together, then being disabled would not matter,” said Fluvanna County Public Schools Superintendent Gena Keller.

“I feel some people are misunderstood based on prejudices or predispositions, and that is fundamentally wrong,” said Assistant Superintendent Chuck Winkler. “It is incumbent on all of us to look for what makes people good and what they can do to help society, not to look at a disability as something wrong with a person.”



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