She has a disease, but she works and works and never gives up. The teachers at Williams and Graystone believe that such exercises are helping students empathize with handicapped people, including those with learning disabilities who sit alongside them in class. But Dillon is also a role model for dealing with adversity. They could go on. Denise Aitken, mother of a Graystone student, doesn't think so.
Death is a part of life.
They'll look back all their lives and remember her as someone who loved books and loved kids, and showed them that a disability is not an excuse. Dillon does not want to cry in front of the children, so she tries not to think about the end of life. She finds work the best distraction. After all, there's a reading celebration to run, summer-activity packets to prepare, a children's book on disabilities she wants to write. With less time before me, I have to live even faster now.