I Learned to Walk Because of IDEA. Millions of Children Still Depend on It

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I remember the first time I felt like I couldn’t control my own body. I was in preschool, receiving adaptive physical education for the first time in East Los Angeles with my very own, one-on-one P.E teacher. He was teaching me how to walk, sternly saying “heel-toe, heel-toe” and applying pressure on the corresponding body parts. 

I was frustrated and confused. I knew what my heel was, I knew what my toe was. Why wasn’t anything working? Why was this man touching me, and why was he so annoyed?