ave somewhat set the stage, I want to explain some of the "knots" that have plagued this community. First, there is the whole notion that this is a community of disabled individuals. The community I speak of are individuals with mental and physical impairments. There are so many stereotypes about these types of individuals, such as they are not smart, they are unable to make their own choices that they cannot have any kind of good quality of life. The ignorance that has been seen when it comes to the abilities to this community is outstanding. They are humans first, their gender second, and disabled the very last thing.
             Identities are an important part of life. We are all interested in whom we came from and what we are. This is no different for the four individuals from the community at the apartment. Their families are their identities. This is what shapes them, but what also help shape who they are is those they see everyday and that is those around them the most; their caregivers, teachers, and peers at school. These young adults see those different from them everyday, yet in their home, they do not feel different from anyone else.
             In Not Only for Myself, Martha Minow states that, "People vested with little or no power may nonetheless exercise some control over their identities. Even without total freedom to frame the options (a purely mythical possibility), individuals navigate among existing constraints, making choices about who and how to be."
             Before these young adults made this move into their new community, they were just often told what they would be doing, what they would be wearing, eating, and pretty much everything in their lives, or things just happened without explanation. Now these four young adults are given the power to make choices, by using eye gaze or touch, to choose what they want to happen to them. This has caused consequences within the home and a school setting because I feel tha...