On the other hand it gives them the opportunity to expose kids growing up to differently abled people and helps to guide them on understanding that and having important questions answered in their formative years.
I would imagine it's easier to not be judgmental about different people if you're exposed to them early on and have that curiosity explored in a healthy way.
This is real. If I’m a 5th grader and one of my teachers is two people, just about any other kind of human condition would become less polarizing/abnormal to me. “Why’s ____ weird? One of my teachers literally had two heads.”
Yup. Good neighbor friend was deaf, another one had half an arm due to a car crash, another (while this isn't a disability) had a big, textured portwine birthmark over most of her face. Everybody's normal after the first time--and it sticks with you that those things and plenty of other things are normal and fine.
I've seen a few interviews and the one sister in particular (can't remember which is which, sorry) seems to be quite sassy. They've probably heard it all before and by this point, nothing a kid says will effect them long term. They've made it this far already.
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On the other hand it gives them the opportunity to expose kids growing up to differently abled people and helps to guide them on understanding that and having important questions answered in their formative years.
I would imagine it's easier to not be judgmental about different people if you're exposed to them early on and have that curiosity explored in a healthy way.