Sunday, May 1, 2011

Blogging Against Disabilties Day My name is AZ not az

   First off  I want to  say  hi to anyone who  is new to the blog. Thanks  for joining me   for  Blogging Against Disablities  day.  A  little about  me  I am  19 year old  collage  student with CP and other disabilities   i have an  articulation  disorder  as a result of CP I  reside  in  Northern California witch is in the united states .

Blogging Against Disablism Day, May 1st 2011

ok  now  for the post

  I am in collage  like  I mentioned before. it is a community collage    and i am going until I  can transfer to  a  four year, i do not have a intellectual disability people but  apparently not everyone thinks that.

 I want to say first off that the students in my classes  have been great   they treat me as an equal and help me  not  friendship  outside of class , but there has been small talk outside of  class,  which is fine by me as i want to graduate   asap to move to four year.



  there is  a girl  though who gets  on my naves and  the irony of it  I  met her when donating to  some fundraiser to Japan.  She  talked  to me as  I was a baby and  I did not think of anything of it at first.   But then  I  left  my iphone at the booth  and that is when it all started.    They called my Dad   to them that it would be in student  rec room and  my dad of course  told me.

Seeing me  at a table , the girl, who i would say  is  not to much older than me, says in this high pitched  voice  that is  normally used on infants  "oh honey you left your phone in building __ OK  you know where that is ?" Come on  I   am standing near the  building and  I am not a baby.

The  only thing that maybe celebrates  me  from this  girl  is  the fact   that  I  had  a stroke  before  i  was born.   I am  a 19 year old women  after all.  I am  in collage   not kindergarten  why do people assume that disabled  people are automatically kids.  I am not a  baby  I  can hold a baby I was a baby but  that  was  in 1991.   I am a high school  graduate and  one  of the best writers in my class  of students  who  do not have disabilities   so  all  i ask  is for respect  thanks




  my high school graduation picture  taken  late summer 2009

8 comments:

Rebecca said...

Beautifully written as always. Keep striving and don't let those people who don't know any better get you down! Thanks for sharing

Adelaide Dupont said...

She was probably using her high-pitch voice as a signal to others or even to boys.

Love this post for Blogging against Disabilism Day.

Selene said...

I'm here from BADD, great post, and too true!

Ruth said...

Great post for BADD about ableist tudes. Nice to find your blog.

Attila The Mom said...

My son gets talked to in that "baby voice" as well, and it certainly is enough to make me grind my teeth! Great post!

Debbie @ Three Weddings said...

The speech disability is a lot of it too. People just assume that since you have trouble speaking that you don't understand them. Peanut gets that a lot. Granted she does have an intellectual disability also, but she is much smarter than people give her credit for. It's very frustrating. In the end though, it's the other girl's problem, not yours. Hang in there!

Nisha said...

I know how you feel I feel like slapping people when they talk to me like that but I was raised better than that :)

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