Profile of a Person with a Disability Franklin Delano Roosevelt “Once you’ve spent two years trying to wiggle one toe, everything is in proportion.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945 It is hard not to be captivated by the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; twelve years of presidency, with one World War and the stock market crash all while dealing with a personal disability. It was not a secret during his presidency of his Polio disability, yet the extent was unknown. Polio The 32nd president of
Stem Cells are cells that scientist have began to try and use to help people. “In the mid 1800s it was discovered that cells were basically the building blocks of life and that some cells had the ability to produce other cells.” With the discovery of stem cells came the opening to a new area of development in what could be done with health and medicine of the world. Of course throughout history, stem cells have been a very heated subject between different groups of people who believe it is right
As you walk up to the Little White House, one can only think that how can an important man like Franklin D. Roosevelt have built such a simple yet beautiful house. With its plain white paint and clapboard shuttered windows, it’s hard to believe that some of the most important legislative decisions to Georgia and the United States as a whole could have been thought out and planned here. As you enter the house and see the simplicity of it, you also wonder why FDR choose Georgia to do it. The vacation
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