Washington-area students with disabilities stage separate prom
June 4th, 2008
From the Washington Post:
Some 100 students with disabilities danced the night away in a donated ballroom at Washington’s historic Willard Hotel at their prom, the “Cinderella Ball.” The students raised about $100,000 to stage the annual event, which was launched just three years ago in a warehouse in Woodbridge, Virginia.
No one noticed the occasional meltdown, when the loud music or crowd became a little too much. It didn’t matter that some students needed help feeding themselves. Couples held hands. Wheelchairs twirled. “I think the disabilities disappear when they are all together,” said Kim Cockrell, whose daughter Cari has Down syndrome.
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