<Tab/>In a society that demands perfection, and seems to shun those that can't fit the mold, many people's shortcomings can lead them to total desolation. Fortunately, many of the people that we would call disabled, cope with a life among the so-called "normal" people by seeking out an identity among people with similar disabilities. What leads the disabled community to form into such tightly knit groups, and why do some …showed first 75 words of 949 total…

…showed last 75 words of 949 total…disabled people face don't stop them from finding ways to make great contributions to our society and culture as a whole. Works Cited: Sacks, Oliver. "Protest at Gallaudet." Cultural Conversations: The Presence of the Past. Eds. Stephen Dilks, Regina Hansen, and Matthew Parfitt. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001. 235-261 Slackjaw. "Getting Hip to the Lights-Out Way" Cultural Conversations: The Presence of the Past. Eds. Stephen Dilks, Regina Hansen, and Matthew Parfitt. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001. 299-307.