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Hello,
My name is Laetitia. I am 11 years old. I live in Sarcelles (near Paris). At school, there are many disabled children.
Do you know why people are born with disabilities?
Me, I drool, and I walk like a grandpa and grandma swinging a bit.
Mummy told me that at my birth, there was a big problem because I had a problem breathing.
You know people don’t understand disabled people when they speak, so we shout at them!
In fact, when we can’t speak, we speak with hands. It’s for this reason, that disabled persons can speak a little.
You know even when they can’t write with words, in my school, there are many children who speak with a speaking device.
In fact, we speak a lot with hands or mouth. When I was young there was a Chinese girl, Helena, in my school, who spoke with her feet. I wonder why people write with their feet and how Chinese people with disabilities speak in China?
But me, I can speak a little. I have a communication board with pictures and letters.
You know, Mummy she tells me that I made a lot of progress
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Laetitia R.
Paris, France
September 2009