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Re: My life as Alyssa's Sister

Name: Jessica
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Date: 23 May 2001
Time: 05:44:48

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I know you mean well, and you have a very special relationship with your sister, but your family may be inadvertently condescending to her.

You describe her as a little sister who will never grow up, but she's presumably an adult now, and from the sound of it, one with full mental capabilities. So why isn't she running her own life? Why was she sent to a special school, with a moderate mobility impairment? Why doesn't she get to try doing things like bathing for herself, if she thinks she can? Why don't you divide chores up so she's in charge of the ones she's capable of? You seem to grasp ways in which society restricts her, and uses her disability for an excuse, so maybe you can grasp how her family could do the same thing.

Or maybe I misunderstood. I am just a stranger.

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