The new show "Anderson" hosted by journalist Anderson Cooper, featured a group of kids who all stuttered. One of the kids, sixteen-year-old Phillip Garber, said on the show that he was told by one of his professors to keep quiet during class so he "wouldn't disturb" the other students. Despite this, Garber and a few of his counterparts going through the same thing got together and formed a singing group called Our Time. Let's just say that professor might backtrack on what they said after this!
I chose this as my Weekly Salute because it really touched me. I'm taking a class on diversity and inclusion in school this semester and we've been talking about including everyone regardless their race, gender, religion, disability, etc. We've also talked about educating those who may not be comfortable with including people like these kids in normal, everyday activities. It's very important that, regardless of who the person is or where they come from, we treat them all with dignity and respect.
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