Special education students have a difficult time advocating for themselves. My thesis is that students have negative thoughts and feelings about their disabilities and this in turn prevents them from positive thoughts about successful lives. Negative feelings or “internal evil thoughts” can make disabilities into handicaps. instead of a handicap. The goal that I as a Special Education English Teacher hope to accomplish with this curriculum unit is to help high school students with disabilities not equate their disability with an “evil” in themselves. “Evil” in this case may be considered self-hatred. Self-hatred results in negative thinking and inability to compensate for disabilities, thus turning a disability into a handicap or liability when unnecessary. Instead of becoming proactive, a student becomes inactive. Many times special students try to hide their disabilities instead of facing them. This inability to accept themselves is an evil. It prevents them from coming to terms with their own special gifts and strengths. It also prevents them from being self advocates. “The Americans With Disabilities Law” is difficult enough to enforce without the disabled not trying to help themselves.