Palsy photos

    Hay  guys so September fourth  is World  CP  Awareness day and  to celebrate  I am   having a photo montage   email me a photo     by       next Sunday

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  I want to make this the  best montage ever  so   please  spread the word.

  The  video will be out  September fourth   so  remember to check  back then

 me summer  2009 Will this  photo  be in the montage ?  Check back September fourth 

Able to go to college episode five: Test Time

           So this was the first test  of the semester ( which is  ironic  considering   next week  is  my  first day  back)



 Anyway

  In  college  I am in   regular  classes( of course)  but because of my disability  I  get to take  my take in a special   place  called   DSPS.

 DSPS  is   a resource  for college students  with disabilities almost every college  has  one.    In my college  I  have  an accommodation form that I  give to the teachers that basically says that I   have a disability and   need  accommodations.  Accommodations  vary   from  person  to person but   for the most part  every student with  a disability will need extended time on test.       At my college extend time on test  comes   with double  time (   a  30 minute test = 1 hour)    or time and a half      does  anyone  know?    I think  I  have double  time. This does not mean that   I  have unlimited  time  cuz  i do not I just have more time to think about  the  test material.  And    there is no cheating allowed







 For this test  I t was on  the human  cell   which    was a hard test but  luckily  I had a study  group meeting at my house so  I studied well. I  got a  B.

 Do you  know the  parts of  our cells 

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 video  pic from goggle
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cell http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/cell1.gif

Today numeber of the day is

 

 That is  how old   Princess  is  today that is so crazy    can't believe  she is an adult  happy b day  princess 

Respect

  R-E-S-P-E-C-T  find out what it means  to me 


     Thanks,  glad  you  want to know.  It started earlier  today  I was watching  the  US women's soccer   with my parents they were in the  gold  place  medal  round in the Olympics and they  won  today   2-1 like  many    proud Americans  I  was  proud that we won.  Why  shouldn't  I?   I   was  born in  the US  I love soccer  especially  watching it on the big  screen as was the  case  today. 

 Then their  was the medal  ceremony.  Then  it  hit me  like  a fist.     Disabled  athletes   do not  get the  same  respect  as  average  people.   There  they were   with their  matching  warm up   atire    amongst the fans that were  cheering for  them   that I was able  to see    100 miles away  on   the big screen.   

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The  Olympics feels  so much  more  poignant  to me  because I am able  to  see it on  TV   on  a major channel  I  was able  to  watch   the opening  ceremonies and   most of the events on  tv.   They   were on   in every  restaurant  that I went to   over these  past two  weeks.  My parents   recored  via  DVR.      I  was  never able to do  it  this  during last years  World Special Olympics  Summer games, nor  do   I  believe    I will able to  watch the  para  olympics  in the next two  weeks. This  really  pisses me   off.  I did some  research  and   I  found that in  2008  the  Us  broadcasted  a  two  hour    pice on the  para olympics.    Ok   so  you  broadcast   two  weeks for the  US   but   two  hour  pice  on   para olympics. I  know  you can  find  it online  but  you  really have to  look, but    it is  bluntly  obvious that the  olympics   are on.   
Why  wasn't   Oscar    known in the US  before   the London  olympics  he was obviously a great  athletes .?  He was  not known  because  the  para olympics are not   broadcast  in the  US.


  I am not saying that   Hope  Solo,   Michael Phelps,  and   the rest of the US olympic team   do not deceive our  respect. I     am  proud of all of them.  I am saying that  disabled   athletes who represent  team  USA     should also  become  households names .
  I am a  athlete and  I am  Normal 

Why people with CP should be able to be Special Olympics athletes

    I know the title  is a mouth full. But at least you know what I am  talking about.  :)

athletes

  So  I have been  competing  in Special  Olympics  for a while  now.  Since  2005, seven  whole  years, and     all  of that  time  I have never had a  intellectual disability    my  area program  does  not  have    Unified Sports, yet  I still compete  with  people  with  intellectual disabilities.  I have  won  medals  and   received  ribbons.

   Now  I  know  special  olympics  is  for  people with  intellectual disabilities  and     some times   I  feel guilty  for competing.


   When  I was  little   I had  no need  for specialize  sport  because I  was able to  play  with   kids  in  neighborhood  programs.     I  played  soccer every  fall  with    AYSO in the  mainstreamed  program.    I have memories of  orange slices and team banners .    This  was  great for a couple  of  years   but then  reality of  physical disabltiy  set in.       It started  with my  parents holding me back a  year  so  I was the eldest  person  on the team.   (  A team  for  girls under 8   i  would  turn nine.)  It also helped   that  I was  held back a  year in  preschool( another post )  so  I played with  a lot of kids in my class.     I  did this  almost  every  year; however,  when  I  was in 5th   sixth grade my dad  did not sign me up because  I was not ready  and could not keep up.   I  remember  feeling  sad    and  angry that fall because it broke  a  tradition I had.


 Around that time  I started participating in church  basketball  but i was never on the  A  team.  I was  always  on the  developmental team  for  girls.  It was all typical  peers but   I  never  made a basket till eighth  grade

   In  third grade  my sister signed up for t ball  but  my dad  refused  to sign me up  because he felt that I would  get hurt.    I  was  a die  hard  baseball  fan and  often  accompanied my dad to  giants  games as well  as  my  brother game.       I was so sad   but managed to be bat  girl and  the  coach  gave me something   at the end of the game.  When  I  played  in fith and sixth  grade    I was one of the worst kids and in  sixth  grade I  knew  I was  being left out.  That was my last time playing softball.

   All throughout  middle and high school  I would   try out  for school sports.  And every time  I would be cut from the team.

       In  seventh grade my friend invited me to join special olympics  swimming  and  for the first time in  my  athletic career  I  could  win races    that  gave  me self esteem.  I  told my  favorite teacher about  it which  led to   a tradition of  telling my  teachers how  I did  in sports.  After   competing  in  golf   summer 2007  I was able to  join  my high schools   practice team.   Special Olympics   allowed me  to discover  a new sport and  allow  me  to join  in on high school sports.   I was on the practice team  all  three  years   and   only played in  one match, yet I was able to train with my high school


  I am sharing my story   because  I  would  like  for Special  Olympics  to consider  welcoming  athletes with physical disablties into  the world of sport.  I know  there are more AZ's  out there  who  are die hard sports  fans living  with  physical  disabilities.     The para olympics is made for  athlete with physical disabilities, yet they are  no local   training  events  so  the kids  wind up trying to compete with there peers and always  coming in last or  making their  team lose.    As I got older   i  used to feel guilty  on  regular    teams  because  I  thought I was making the teams  come in last