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I live in a small neighborhood in San José, Costa Rica and completed elementary school in a neighboring town. When I was in school, I was very mistreated, especially by my first grade teacher, who often hit me on my back. When I was writing on the blackboard, the teacher would sometimes hit me and pull my ears. I couldn’t see well and I was prescribed eyeglasses when I was still in elementary school. I went through three years of high school. I repeated the third year of high school twice because it was it was difficult for me, and I was starting to have some visual problems. After that, I left high school.
Translated by Jorge A. Arroyo Varela and Laura M. Stough
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Varela, M.E.B. (2015). One Should Remain Calm. In: Kelman, I., Stough, L.M. (eds) Disability and Disaster. Disaster Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137486004_5
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