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Reggie G.
"My name is Reginald and I have had Cerebral Palsy since birth. I have a form of it called Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy in which the right side of my body is affected. I have faced and fought with many challenges over the years. One of the challenges that puzzled me throughout high school and my technical institute training is the expectations of the school board and state board of education trying to get 40 words a minute out of me when it came to the typing speed. This was about 25 years ago.
This issue brought tears to the eyes of my high school typing teacher when she went to the school board of Pinellas County, Florida at the time. With tears in her eyes, one day she pulled me aside in class and asked me to do the best that I could. This was one of the elective classes that I had to pass.
Needless to say, with a little drive and determination, I accomplished 31 words per minute during my technical school training in accounting. However, my technical institute teacher was faced with the same issue. Both teachers demonstrated compassion and understanding which kept me from giving up and hiding in a corner. I have never understood how a group of (normal) people (the school board and state board of education) could sit and dictate that type of expectation without truly walking a mile in the shoes of someone with a certain lifelong limitation."
Reggie G.
"My name is Reginald and I have had Cerebral Palsy since birth. I have a form of it called Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy in which the right side of my body is affected. I have faced and fought with many challenges over the years. One of the challenges that puzzled me throughout high school and my technical institute training is the expectations of the school board and state board of education trying to get 40 words a minute out of me when it came to the typing speed. This was about 25 years ago.
This issue brought tears to the eyes of my high school typing teacher when she went to the school board of Pinellas County, Florida at the time. With tears in her eyes, one day she pulled me aside in class and asked me to do the best that I could. This was one of the elective classes that I had to pass.
Needless to say, with a little drive and determination, I accomplished 31 words per minute during my technical school training in accounting. However, my technical institute teacher was faced with the same issue. Both teachers demonstrated compassion and understanding which kept me from giving up and hiding in a corner. I have never understood how a group of (normal) people (the school board and state board of education) could sit and dictate that type of expectation without truly walking a mile in the shoes of someone with a certain lifelong limitation."