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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kid is not their illness. Many kids have medical conditions. Unless your kid writes about the time they were the subject of grand rounds because they are a zebra, and then they helped deliver a baby when they got lost trying to find the restroom, and they found their passion for obstetrics and learned to always bring a spare outfit when they leave the house, it’s really not great source material.

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Like nearly every other subject about which a 17-year-old can write (virtually none of which will be unique in and of itself) it’s all in how it’s done. Why is this different? [/quote]

I agree.  I depends.  My kid has Alopecia and has navigated the world completely bald for most of his life.  He wrote about it in a way that explained his journey to arrive at the point in which he celebrates the gift of standing out from the crowd (and those days are numbered as he approached his 20s and has more company).  I couldn't come up with any reason for him not to write about this.  His acceptances did not suggest this essay topic hurt him in anyway. So a todal ban on "disease" is silly.[/quote]

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