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Rachel Simon 2005 Simon gave an age-appropriate presentation to each division that explored the complexities of being the sister of a person with disabilities and touched on issues like “people-first” language for people with disabilities and the common misuse of the word “retarded”. A slide presentation of artwork by Beth and photos of the pair ended the presentation. A Hallmark presentation movie based on the book, starring Andie MacDowell and Rosie O’Donnell, premiered in May 2005.
February 16, 2005
Rachel Simon, author of the book Riding the Bus with My Sister, came to speak to Shipley students and parents in February of 2005. The book follows the story of a pair of sisters finding each other again. Beth is a spirited young woman with mental retardation who spends nearly every day riding the buses in her Pennsylvania city. The drivers are her mentors and the fellow passengers are her community. When Beth asks her single sister Rachel, a writer, to ride the buses for one year, they take a transcendent journey that changes Rachel’s life in incredible ways, leads her to accept her sister at long last- and teaches her to slow down and enjoy the ride.
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