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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband was born with a really challenging physical disability. Since he’s had it since birth it’s just part of him and he definitely doesn’t think of himself as being disabled but by any definition he is. His life story is pretty impressive but he downplays it as I’m sure many others with disabilities do. I remember my husband once telling me that he just plays the hand he was dealt.[/quote]

That's the thing here. Both my kids have disabilities that could be essay topics. Kid #1 didn't even think to write about them, I bet Kid #2 (whose disabilities are more significant) won't either. I think this is because this life is just their normal, this is how they grew up. They have had to work a LOT harder than other kids, but they don't go around thinking about their challenges or what they have overcome. They have just accepted it. This makes them really grounded and awesome people, but it doesn't make for a good essay.

Everyone is welcome to write about whatever is meaningful to them, but it strikes me as somewhat ironic that some of those who have overcome the most won't write about this stuff.[/quote]

Unfortunately my kid’s disabilities impact him a in a way that he has to think about it EVERY day and there is no going about life as “normal”. He chose to write about it because it defines so much of who he is and what he’s had to overcome to even be able to go to college.

So yeah if your kid worked hard and is aiming for top 50 colleges then it’s a totally different situation than someone who we weren’t even sure if college was in the cards and is  not applying to overly competitive colleges.[/quote]

This. For every social interaction my kid has, their autism impacts them. So it’s all well and fine there are so many people that don’t even have to think about their disabilities! That’s not the case for my kid. I’m not saying that they will write about it, but every second of their day is impacted by it when they aren’t at home where they can unmask.[/quote]

You totally missed my point. It's not that they don't have to think about their disabilites, they do. It's that they are just part of their daily lives, and that's so ingrained that it is their normal. So I don't know how they would even write about it. It's all they know. They have know idea how much they have done to overcome it, because they don't have another frame of reference. Maybe it's because there are only two kids in our family and they both have disabilities, so this is all they know? [/quote]

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