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JADA ON BEING A “MORE
ABLE” 13YEAROLD
PEACEPLAYER, A BUSINESS
MANAGER AND JUST PLAIN
OL’ FIERCE OVERALL
JADA | PEACEPLAYERS CHICAGO
Jada is just 10 years old, but she’s already got things figured out. She knows who she is, she knows
what she’s capable of. “I describe myself as silly, fun, brave, adventurous, hard working. I’m a
daredevil. I will try everything and anything. And I never give up. The only point where I give up is
when I’ve tried everything, and I mean everything.” But when people first meet Jada, fearlessness
and tenacity aren’t always the first things they see. The first thing they often see is a girl with a
disability, a girl with one leg shorter than another who can only stand on one leg.
“Many times, people are like ‘Oh, it’s okay if you can’t do this, or you could just sit down or something.’
Like they think that I can’t do it. And they don’t even know; they just met me. So I’m like, ‘Why, do
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