‘…it is in my opinion that Melody is severely brain damaged and profoundly retarded….You can choose to keep her at home, or you can send her to a special school for the developmentally disabled…You can also decide to put Melody in a residential facility where she can be cared for an kept comfortable.’ (Draper 2010 p. Consequently, a doctor announces to Melody’s mother: The greatest challenge faced by Melody is that because she is unable to speak verbally, her intelligence is underestimated. At the beginning of the novel, Melody shares the impact of her disability on her life: Melody provides the reader with insights into her life and the way she is discriminated against by others. ‘Out of My Mind’ is a children’s novel written as a first-person narrative by Melody, an eleven-year-old girl who is limited in her movement and speech due to cerebral palsy.
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