A Bully Threw My Prosthetic Leg Onto the Interstate—Then Four Army Humvees Stopped and the Colonel Who Stepped Out Was My Mother
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Chapter 20 - The Civil SettlementAfter criminal and university cases stabilized, I reopened settlement discussions with Wade and Trent's insurers.
The final civil agreement covered:
prosthetic replacement.
medical care.
therapy.
lost academic costs.
damaged property.
certain transportation expenses.
Compensation for harm.
No requirement that I praise anyone.
No clause preventing discussion of systemic university failures.
Wade personally funded an additional accessibility grant.
I resisted naming.
He agreed.
No CALDER sign.
The money went into an independently administered emergency mobility fund.
Students whose wheelchairs, hearing devices, prosthetics, or adaptive equipment were damaged or unavailable could receive temporary support quickly.
That felt useful.
Not cleansing.
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Money could repair equipment.
It could not purchase absolution.
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