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"Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper, Chapters 1–5

Sun May 22 13:35:19 EDT 2016
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Born with cerebral palsy, Melody has difficulty communicating with others — but in spite of the obstacles she faces, Melody is determined to prove how smart she really is.

Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–5, Chapters 6–11, Chapters 12–18, Chapters 19–25, Chapters 26–33
flail
Her body tends to move on its own agenda, with feet sometimes kicking out unexpectedly and arms occasionally flailing, connecting with whatever is close by—a stack of CDs, a bowl of soup, a vase of roses.
partial
Dad is partial to jazz, and every chance he gets, he winks at me, takes out Mom's Mozart disc, then pops in a CD of Miles Davis or Woody Herman.
cardinal
“That red one is a cardinal,” he’d tell me, and “that one over there is a blue jay. They don’t like each other much.”
recall
These kids could remember complicated strands of numbers and recall words and pictures in correct sequence and quote long passages of poetry.
seizure
I sometimes can’t breathe real well when this happens, but I have to because I need to screech and scream and jerk. They’re not seizures. Those are medical and make you go to sleep.
sedative
When we got home, she called the doctor and told him about my crazy behavior. He sent a prescription for a sedative, but Mom didn’t give it to me.
evaluation
My mom and the doctor had no idea why I was smiling as we rolled into the waiting room while he wrote up his evaluation of me.
limitation
It takes time to accept the limitations of a beloved child.
diagnosis
“But a person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart!”
residential
“You can also decide to put Melody in a residential facility where she can be cared for and kept comfortable.”
brochure
He pulled out a colorful brochure with a smiling child in a wheelchair on the cover and handed it to Mom.
insensitive
“I think you’re cold and insensitive. I hope you never have a child with difficulties — you'd probably put it out with your trash!”
faculty
All of us who have all our faculties intact are just plain blessed.
intact
All of us who have all our faculties intact are just plain blessed.
therapist
When we do what the teachers and therapists call “group” activities, it’s hard for Ashley to participate.

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