Meghan Skellton

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"No one can make you feel inferior unless you let them."

Despite being born with a disability, Meghan Skellton is not the sort to live that way. A perky, enthusiastic young woman with a thirst for life that sometimes surprises many, this 25 year old law student of USF is far from what most people may think of a blind person. Despite going to school on a scholarship, she still has to pay the bills of living on her own, taking gigs singing at local clubs and dives to pay rent and food expenses. She is the oldest of four children, though her sister and both brothers are adopted... just like her. There is very little she lets get in her way and will not hesitate to let someone have it - verbally - if need be. Though not a fighter, she works out whenever she gets a chance in order to stay in shape, and she knows how to use her cane to defend herself if push ever comes to shove.

Skills: Area Knowledge: International Law, Area Knowledge: US Law, Composition, Diplomacy, History: Law, Literacy: English Braille, Singing

History
Born with LCA (Leber's Congenital Amaurosis), a severe loss of vision at birth, under the name of Elizabeth Conner, Meghan was at first destined for problems. Her birth parents did what they could with a blind child, but they decided by the time she was seven months old, when her vision had deteriorated to nothing, that this was not something they could deal with. When she was five months old, she was given up for adoption. She, however, was one of the lucky ones. The baby was adopted within no time at all and given a new name by her new family: Meghan Skellton. Through her life, she was an energetic child. Her adopted parents adopted three more children after her: Ria, Mark, and David... the youngest of which was a sufferer of Down Syndrome whose parents, like Meghan's, did not want to deal with a handicapped child.

When she was twelve, it was determined that Meghan was allergic to some of the medicines used in the treatment of LCA. This did not bother her, however. She was just fine with her lot in life. It was determined rather quickly that she had a good voice, however, and she started to build on that. After graduating as salutatorian of her high school class, she was offered scholarships to several top schools. The one she chose (the University of San Francisco) had a very sturdy law program, and that is what she chose.

Despite the scholarships, she has been performing at local clubs for extra money to help pay for housing and food, as she is trying her best to learn to get by on her own, without extra help for her disability. She wants to get a help dog, though for the moment, she can't afford it.

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