Over the summer I was a nannie for two little girls. One of the little girls had a disability and since I spent so much time with them I saw the effect of her disability on her sister. Kate was a normal nine year old tom boy; Kara was the normal girly thirteen year old with a disability - lets just say they butted heads a lot. Since Kara had a disability she was slower with a lot of things and Kate always got frustrated with her. Kate also hated that her sister was disabled becuse she stuck out sometimes and just wanted to be a normal girl. When I spent time with them I really tried to encourage Kate that her sister's disability was something that made her special but she still had a hard time dealing with it.
When we look at someone with a disability we think about how it effects them but in reality it effects so many others as well. I honestly did not notice the effects of a situation like this until I spent time with these amazing girls.
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