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BLOG #1 My experience with disabilities:      I grew up knowing a few people with disabilities at school and in my own family. A boy named Aiden in my kindergarten class had a prosthetic leg. I never knew until gym class (he always wore pants) because I remember him having to sit out if we were doing something that involved running.      I remember learning what dyslexia was in Mrs. Jackson's 6th grade english class because my friend Sam had it.      My Grandpop had limited hearing and he was able to lip read.       I took a class my freshman year called "disabilities and dignity" and I learned a lot from that class. I have a feeling we're going to be covering similar topics in this class that we went over in the class I had when I was freshman! I'm really looking forward to this semester! "Inspiration porn"        The image above is an example of people with disabilities being used as "inspirati...