I go to a small school and we are paired with a school which consists of kids who are disabled. Some of them can't talk or walk. Every week my class and I go and we spend time with them, we help them, we draw with them, we do a lot of activities and we interact with them to make them feel included.
I was walking to the classroom we go to on a Thursday with my friend, and these kids who were in my middle school (they were older than me) came up to me and asked: what are you doing? I quickly responded, we're going to see some students in the other school in their classrooms. The older kids responded, why do you even go and see those kids, they are so stupid and they can't even talk to you so why do you do it?
My friend and I immediately went and told the teacher, we wanted the kids who made fun of the students to understand what they said was wrong.
We realized that people have a lot of injustices and we can't let those things happen without them being addressed. Today, when I hear someone talking or asking I stand up for myself and I stand against those injustices that many kids have faced. After that experience I feel empowered and from this day I have tried to help as many people fight against injustices as I can.
(Thank you so much Ava for being the first person to contribute to our blog! We can't wait to hear more of your thoughts, ideas, and experiences in the future.)
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