Prove Them Wrong: The Kids Who Refused To Quit

by Nancy Shugart

Prove Them Wrong: The Kids Who Refused to Quit is a book about courage. Author Nancy Shugart weaves together real-life stories with care and passion and proves that anything is possible when you believe in yourself!! In this book, you'll discover the courage of our youth: The courage to never accept the words "You can't" The courage to fight for your dreams The courage to refuse to quit You will be introduced to twenty people who, as children, were told You don't belong. You're too different. You can't. But they chose to prove them wrong! Every person featured in this book has a disability which they either were born with or acquired during their youth. Despite being faced with tremendous obstacles from a very young age, they each refused to give up and achieved incredible success in both school and career.

178 pages, Hardcover

First published September 21, 2010

Reviews

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was quite impressed. This book was remarkably well-written with hundreds of quotes and lots of YouTube videos to help watch that particular person with a disability. After I heard about Nancy Shugart on TEDx Conference this past February, I did not expect as a reader to understand such pain and emotion that is almost drawn out of this book. The author carefully describes each and every biographical detail as it was, it is even short and to the point. I wish I really had the time to share my own story as a blind and visually impaired college student reading this book and telling myself everyday I am out to succeed in everyday life and make a difference. My main goal is to prove them wrong, any which way I can, in order to ultimately lead a successful life and accomplish all of my goals. I understand fully that for each person mentioned in this book it was not easy to achieve all of his/her goals. Thanks for giving such a carefully descriptive dialogue and biographical side of the blind people that really, truly make a difference in society today. You really are a standout person and role model for the blind when it comes to self-expression in the disability and blind communities. Thanks for changing what it means to be blind. Blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. This book proves that you can have the life you want; blindness or any physical or mental challenging disability is not what holds you back.

[Sheri · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is written by a good friend of mine who is legally blind. I am highlighted in chapter #13. It is a fabulous book and a great gift for others. Amazing stories and very inspirational.