Now I am a disabled advocate in the making but I am also a board teenager after school. The reason being that I try ed out for the varsity basketball team and of course got cut. My Spanish teacher is the soccer coach but I can not play on her team because I have CP.
Acting is also out the question. My English teacher is not sure how the class will do in the understanding in me without questions on the overhead. I talk wired because I have CP see a pattern.
it not just school aged kids ( K-12) with CP NlD OCD . It is kids with down syndrome autism and other disabilities. It is hard to find Inclusive after school activist es offered in the schools. To make matter worse as you get older most community programs max out . As much as i enjoy the Special Olympics the program is not very inclusive and you are mixed with audits . disabled but adults nonetheless. When I was little I was able to play AYS O with kids my age and I was in a singing group and I had Judo that was with kids my own age. Even through ayso has a team in my age group I can not physically can not keep up so my dad has yet to sign me up. This is not bad because Golf at school keeps me pretty busy but it is still hard to watch my sisters have fun without playing,
I am takinge the anger and sadness that I have had over this and am writing anther book. It is a sequel to the excerpt that I posted Here. The idea is to create a inclusive after school sports and homework along with enrichment and advocacy for disabled and typical students from kindergarten till the twelfth grade. If only I had this I would be a happy camper after school.
If you have any Stories of heard of after school inclusive activities in your town.please post a comment with your story
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3 comments:
I so agree. I am about at the point that I am aging out of a lot of things. My mom is trying to help keep me in programs but she is having a harder time these days. Good luck with your book.
That is a huge problem. We do have a program here called Acess Arts it is for anyone. They teach pottery, weaving and other ARTS. There is also a recreational place where everyone can go swimming, play pingpong, basket ball or work out.
For people with disabilities there is a Kiwanis group called Aktion Club, they do volunteer work for children and raise funds for childrens charity.
I like your idea of an after school program for individuals with disabilities. There was such a program in Antigonish, NS where I used to live. It featured adaptive sports for children from kindergarten to grade 12. I served as a floater volunteer there in grade 9 and also benefited from the program myself.
I have always been wary of team sports due to my perceptual issues. (e.g. I can't percieve whether the ball is going to hit me or not). I enjoy more individualized physical activities such as aquafitness and urban rebounding (mini trampolining). Then you are working against yourself rather than trying to concentrate on a whole team of other people.
Also, as far as inclusiveness, I have found smaller classes to be more inclusive and accepting. AP english was a good experience for me because there were only 15 students in the class. Also, college and university environments tend to be more accepting than high schools.
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