https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x Post one of your "Wow Moments" from Aimee Mullins's talk here. Then, reply to a classmates- respond to their quote and explain its significance or what it means to you. Your reply is to be at least 3 sentences! en-us 2021-10-18 11:10:39 UTC 2025-11-03 13:39:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824263691 “We can re-imagine adversity as something more than just tough times. Maybe we can see it as change. Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.”]]> 2021-10-18 14:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824263691 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824265801 “I think the greatest adversity that we've created for ourselves is this idea of normalcy. Now, who's normal? There's no normal. There's common, there's typical.”]]> 2021-10-18 14:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824265801 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824268147 “There is adversity and challenge in life, and it's all very real and relative to every single person, but the question isn't whether or not you're going to meet adversity, but how you're going to meet it.”]]> 2021-10-18 14:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824268147 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824268402 “So, it's not just about the words. It's what we believe about people when we name them with these words. It's about the values behind the words, and how we construct those values. Our language affects our thinking and how we view the world and how we view other people.”]]> 2021-10-18 14:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824268402 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824268652 “In our desire to protect those we care about by giving them the cold, hard truth about their medical prognosis, or, indeed, a prognosis on the expected quality of their life, we have to make sure that we don't put the first brick in a wall that will actually disable someone. Perhaps the existing model of only looking at what is broken in you and how do we fix it, serves to be more disabling to the individual than the pathology itself.”]]> 2021-10-18 14:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824268652 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824269504 “I had to give this prognosis to your parents that you would never walk, and you would never have the kind of mobility that other kids have or any kind of life of independence, and you've been making liar out of me ever since.”]]> 2021-10-18 14:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824269504 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824269811 The doctor said one word and after that she started to focus more on physical therapy he included something she liked into something she hated and it changed her perspective without her knowing]]> 2021-10-18 14:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824269811 enikou24 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824273814 "I had to give this prognosis to your parents that you would never walk, and you would never have the kind of mobility that other kids have or any kind of life of independence, and you've been making liar out of me ever since." ]]> 2021-10-18 14:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824273814 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824275763 The doctor said one word and after that she started to focus more on physical therapy he included something she liked into something she hated and it changed her perspective without her knowing]]> 2021-10-18 14:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824275763 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824275899 2021-10-18 14:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824275899 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824276575 “I was reading this list out loud to a friend and at first was laughing, it was so ludicrous, but I'd just gotten past "mangled," and my voice broke, and I had to stop and collect myself from the emotional shock and impact that the assault from these words unleashed.”

]]> 2021-10-18 14:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824276575 lcasares241 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824276584 “It's not just about the words, it’s what we believe about people when we name them with these words.” “I think the greatest adversity that we've created for ourselves is this idea of normalcy.” “I think that the only true disability is a crushed spirit, a spirit that's been crushed doesn't have hope, it doesn't see beauty, it no longer has our natural, childlike curiosity and our innate ability to imagine”]]> 2021-10-18 14:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824276584 jriverabonilla241 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824276856 There is adversity and challenge in life, and it's all very real and relative to every single person, but the question isn't whether or not you're going to meet adversity, but how you're going to meet it]]> 2021-10-18 14:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824276856 jargueta24 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824278843 So, it's not just about the words. It's what we believe about people when we name them with these words. It's about the values behind the words, and how we construct those values]]> 2021-10-18 14:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824278843 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824279053 It’s not about the words. It’s what we believe when we name them w these words. There’s a value behind the words that one else will understand except for you]]> 2021-10-18 14:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824279053 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824279652 The doctor said one word and after that she started to focus more on physical therapy he included something she liked into something she hated and it changed her perspective without her knowing]]> 2021-10-18 14:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824279652 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824695897 I had to stop and collect myself from the emotional shock and impact that the assault from these words unleashed]]> 2021-10-18 16:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824695897 oyanes24 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824697503 “Our langue won’t let us improve where we want to be in our society.”]]> 2021-10-18 16:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824697503 descorcia24 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824699158 “Adversity is a part of life.”]]> 2021-10-18 16:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824699158 cjoaquin24 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824703921 “Our language affects our thinking and how we view the world”]]> 2021-10-18 16:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824703921 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824705374 “Our language hasn’t caught up with our change in society yet” “adversity isn’t an obstacle we need to get around- it is a part of my life”]]> 2021-10-18 16:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824705374 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824706092 It’s not about the words. It’s what we believe when we name them w these words. There’s a value behind the words that one else will understand except for you]]> 2021-10-18 16:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824706092 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824706434 “I was born into a world thinking that there’s nothing going for me”]]> 2021-10-18 16:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824706434 kbonilla24 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824717314 “And I have to wonder today to what extent his vision and his declaration of me as a strong and powerful little girl shaped my own view of myself as an inherently strong, powerful and athletic person well into the future.”

]]> 2021-10-18 16:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824717314 apearl241 https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824723799 “Our language hasn’t caught up with our change in society.”]]> 2021-10-18 16:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ecarty6/8ddqc8stzo93jg7x/wish/1824723799