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Shelley Beattie Research Paper

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If you truly want something in life you have to work for it. Do not let anything get in your way on achieving your dreams, especially not your disabilities. Shelley Beattie turned a negative situation to a positive one.
Firstly, Shelley Beattie was born and raised in Orange County, and at the age of three became deaf in one ear and partial in the other for accidentally swallowing a whole bottle of aspirin. At the age of eleven, Shelley moved to Oregon. Shelley had a rough time fitting in school for she had a hard time comprehending people because of her hearing deficiency. This made fellow classmates think Shelley was slow, and Shelley ended up by her lonesome for the majority of the time in school making her turn to sports.
At home Shelley

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