Julia describes that the public school system in the city of Massachusetts where they lived at the
time to be the most difficult in combating stereotypes of how special needs children behave or in
addressing what their needs may be. Julia depicts difficulties in explaining to the administration
of the public school Olivia attended by attempting to explain to administration that Olivia was
considered a special needs child because of her experiences in the foster care system not because
of any physical or mental disabilities which would have deterred her from learning at the same
level of her peers who were placed in normal classes. Julia provided an example she encountered
when t [