Project 2 Podcast

This semester in ENGL 1102 we learned how people can be oppressed in many different ways whether that is through marginalization, exploitation, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, or violence. My group topic is powerlessness in children. Although my topic is oppression with children struggling with disabilities. I struggle with Hypoglycemia transferring into Diabetes where some may not consider what I have a disability I do. I struggle with high and low blood sugars and I have a CGM in my arm which is a Continuous Glucose Monitor, it's a needle in my arm constantly to check my sugar levels it alarms when it's too high or too low. Therefore, I am able to relate to my topic because I struggle with this disability and other people looking at me differently or being treated differently because of my disability. Not to mention when my CGM alarms the amount of times I have heard "turn your phone off" is countless. In conclusion, people are oppressed because of their disability, not to mention how troubling it is to struggle with a disability. My purpose in this podcast is to educate others on the discrimmination against disabled children, and how that can lead to them feeling powerless.

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