You are walking through your local grocery store with your family. You are all going about your task of grocery buying, offending no one, just carrying about peacefully. Suddenly your grocery store normalcy is broken by an unsavory sight coming down the aisle, a normal teenage boy and his retarded teenage sister. You become agitated by her loud, mindless voice and constant need to touch everything. You forced your cart to the side opposite this tragic duo and hurry your family past, disgusted and uncomfortable.

Why is this the general feeling when a person comes across a retarded person? Is it because they are so tragically different from us? For my project, I decided I would tackle this issue from the inside out. Alex and I decided that we would be each other's sibling; however, I would pretend that I was mentally handicapped. We went to Wal-mart and...