{"content":[{"text":"If people are segregated and confined to living in congregate \n settings, myths, fears, and misconceptions will continue to exist in the \n imaginations of people who have not had the opportunity to have a \n neighbor with a disability who they can get to know and maybe even \n discover a new friend. I wonder if people with disabilities were integral \n to our communities whether it would initiate the public acceptance to \n the dismantling of institutions. Diversity when it is experienced is one \n of the keys to developing empathy and compassion.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.094912,"width":0.758221,"height":0.19272699999999998}},{"text":"One of my favorite quotes is by medical anthropologist, Edward \n “Failure to fulfill one's \n Hall, from his book, Beyond Culture, he said: \n potential can be one of the most devastating and damaging things to \n occur to a person. A kind of gnawing emptiness, longing, frustration, \n and displaced anger takes over when this occurs. Whether the anger is \n turned inward on the self or outward toward others, dreadful destruction \n results.\"","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.316919,"width":0.7540060000000001,"height":0.16229100000000002}},{"text":"We have the capacity to develop viable alternatives to institutions \n where supports that emphasize listening with curiosity, empathy and \n compassion are essential to encouraging the personal agency that \n enables a life of quality.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.505556,"width":0.760623,"height":0.09426799999999991}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}