Loretta Claiborne from birth faced several challenges and throughout her childhood was often reminded of all the things she could or would not achieve because of her disability. Doctors informed her mother that Loretta wasn’t going to live long enough and should just be institutionalized. Loretta had three dreams of either becoming athlete, nurse or a veterinarian but she knew two of these goals would never attainable because of all the naysayers telling her she wouldn’t amount to much. The playground was often the place where she was the butt of the joke and faced the most teasing and bullying. Loretta lived through segregation, bullying, lack of healthcare and stages of anger but thankfully her mother didn’t listen to all those naysayers
