Rasising Henry freewrite

In reading "Raising Henry, " Surprised by disability"  I learned what life could be like if someone would have a disability, particularly down syndrome. Rachel brought up some topics regarding adults with disabilities which sparked my curiosity because I only recall seeing children with disabilities. I never remember seeing adults with the down syndrome. After reading this it made me remember when I wanted to wear some black glitter oxfords to school. At the time this was not a trend among all students. I remember how difficult it was making the decision of getting plain black flats or black glitter oxfords. When your in high school and you go against the normal fashion trends you are usually subject to being ridiculed. After I wore my oxfords to school I felt empowered and I felt like a true individual. I felt like a shouldn't buy shoes based off of what everyone else is wearing so I brought the ones I wanted. After reflecting on this event it made me think about how the "Freaks" is depicted in the reading. I felt that freaks are socially expected among there own social unties just like what is consider of the "norm"