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anonymous (24), Autism, Knox County
“...actually receiving what I want, what I’ve asked for. It’s all the difference in the world.
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Maria (18), Blind, Davidson County
“Like any other teenager, she loves her family but eagerly awaits full independence.
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Pam (56), Muscular dystrophy, Davidson County
“Like many of us, Pam’s independence is the most important thing to her. ”
Jess (25), Down syndrome, Shelby County
“That is probably the biggest worry of any parent who has a child with special needs. You want them to outlive you in one sense, but then you wonder what will happen.
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John (55), Intellectual Disability, Shelby County
“My biggest complaint is that people like us need help. Whenever they [policymakers] go to cut that budget it’s always the people with disabilities who get hurt by it. They’re the ones that need it. They can’t do for themselves. I don’t think that’s right.”
Margo (27), Katherine Ann (25), developmentally delayed, Shelby County
“I am not a planner but my sister and my niece wish that I was since they might be guardians one day. I must plan for the future care of my daughters. This is very hard for me.
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Michael (39), Intellectual Disability, Scott (35), Intellectual Disability Cumberland County
“We knew our sons needed to live apart from us before it was a forced event. ”
Carol (63), Blind, Davidson County
“If the general public only understood that with training and minimal assistance a blind person can live a full life, things would be so much easier for us. It's the attitudes we encounter that make our success more difficult than it should be.
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