Like Other People

By Eleanora N. Gambino

In October 1975, Eleanora Gambino was working on her
masters degree in special education at Southern Connecticut
State University in New Haven, Connecticut. One of the
classes that she was taking was a course on cerebral palsy.
One night, a documentary entitled Like Other People was shown.
It was about two young people who had cerebral palsy and were
planning to get married. Eleanora was newly engaged to be married
to a man who has cerebral palsy. Eleanora was born with cerebral
palsy. She identified with many of the experiences the couple in the
documentary was being subjected to.
At the end of the documentary, the professor asked individuals
what they thought of the documentary. One member of the class
always arrived late and would sit near the door. He was a speech
therapist. Eleanora always arrived early and would sit near the
windows in front of the room. He never observed Eleanora walking.
At that time, she walked with the classic scissors cerebral palsy gait.
When the professor asked the speech therapist what he thought
of the documentary, he replied, The documentary is unrealistic.
Disabled people are too involved in themselves. They cannot love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 28, 2011
• ISBN: 9781462882267

Eleanora N. Gambino

Eleanora has written poetry most of her life. Her poetry has reached out to many people throughout the years. ôLike Other Peopleö has been published many times in magazines, newsletters, and on the Internet. It was also translated into Norwegian and published in Oslo, Norway. It was published in several countries including Russia, India, and Japan. Several poems in this book were published on the Internet when Eleanora had a website entitled ôThe Godmother.ö The poem ôThere Is a Place Where You Are Not Aloneö was published in an anthology entitled ôA Whispering Silenceö as well as online, magazines, and newsletters.

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