Crappy Cheeseburgers

                   Let me just say that I hate  my voice.   Yeah  I am  in  ST  but  it still hard.  I am  21 years old ( Age wise)  but   I can not say my own  name its a  struggle  and  no  I       can not  do phonics.       Despite all  of this  I  understand everything,  ok  so not  chemistry but  not everyone  understands it,    what that means  is that I do not have an intellectual  disability.  Its like  an  invisible  brick  wall ,  yeah  I  know    walls  can not be invisible  but its a metaphor  with a  fantasy twist .  I  know what I  want  but   when  I try to  get it  I  hit   my head on a brick  wall.   Totally  not fun:( .

      This makes  ordering  food   really  hard  sometimes  people can  understand my     speech and   either  make the food or  help  me   tell the person . Well   the past few days at my college  dinning hall   the  chiefs have not been understanding me that well.      Earlier today I had speech   and we came up  with writing  the word down   on the notes feature of my I-Phone   .  Well , as  I went back to the dinning room   after speech  for a evening class  ,  I  wrote  down  Cheese burger  and  garlic fries  as a back up  plain.     There was a  severe  there  lets  call   them  A.  It was fairly  busy   so they called another person  to help    B.  Well    I  have worked with  A    before but   she was having a  hard time understanding me   I'd  say  she   understands about 70% of what  I say; however,  I  had never  met    B  before.    B ends up  helping me.    Between the two of them they  understand that I want  a Cheeseburger and  B    starts one on the  grill,  I tried  to tell them I wanted   American Cheese  but  neither one understands me. So  I write it on my phone  and show B  he calls    A  over and  A  helps  him I look over   and sure enough there is some American cheese on the grill.  I look down and hear a smirk.    I    think that someone   made fun of my speech the worst part is  A  is the manager. 


 Told my  parents and   they did not  seem to see why I was so  mad.     I am  mad because  I think they made fun of my speech.  I  am   mad because   I want to be able to  say what I want   and  have people understand the first time.  I am  mad  because    sometimes I  am  so    Frigen tired  of   repeating and  trying   to be understood.  I am  mad because  I hate  when  people   think  that I am too dumb to  notice if they  laugh.  Good  think  book  girl and Soccer  man   understand. 

Its about time

           

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    That   the government intervine and encourage  schools to  include students with disabilities    Growing up that was  what I  wanted.  I   remember  watching  Air Bud  and   making up  my mind that  I wanted to play sports  in high school.     I  was able to  partake in  track and  golf  thoughout   my   middle and  high school career   while   doing  team sports with  my church and  Special  Olympics.   I  am  so  glad that other  kids will have a chance to particeapate   in team  sports.   

  I  know  its   a  recommendation  so i  hope  that  schools will  actually  fallow  trough  and   give   more student  athletes  a  chance to be on the school team  because  if they  do  then   student atheltes   will    receive  some  benefits  such  as.

 Eating   right and excersing are key  to living an  healthy lifestyle

      Developing   Healthy Life styles .


           I have been  watching the  Biggest Loser this season in which  they are   tackling  childhood  obesity by having  three  kid  ambassador.   Something  they   have said is  exercise  for  kids should be  fun activity.      Kids with  disabilities are more likely to be overweight than  average  kids  partly  because  their are not a ton  of avenues  for  kids to   play hopefully  now they  will  be.

Part of the  recommendation  is  that  additional teams be made if   programs can not accommodate  student athletes so  wheelchair basketball  teams could  start up with in  school distrcts 

        Physical  therapy

  Some  kids  with disabilities    have a difficult  time moving around.   I  used to have bad balance as a  toddler  and   my  parents   took me  to the park to help me learn how to move my  body.   As  I  got older sports  gave me incentives  to work  on  balance  and  conation   while  having fun.

 None of these sports all off limits   anymore 

 Social  Skills 

     Kids with  disabilities  can  have  a hard time making friends   so having them in a social environment allows them  to interact with others  who  have similar interest hopefully  this   will  lead kids to  form authentic  friendships.  

 Self Esteem is  a good thing for everyone to have 

  Self  Esteem  
 When kids are able  to   do something their  passonate about  and  be  recognized in their school  community  for doing it  their self  esteem will  rise dramatically  I loved   wearing  my  golf sweat shirt   to school   it made  me feel  like  I was a part of the team.  I  also got to be in the yearbook  along with all the other  girls on the  team.

  Sponge bob thinks all kids should  have fun  

  Fun
        Lers  face it  kids with disabilities  have extra huddles  growing up. whether it be  walking  talking learning  or a combination of these  thing .There are  hours  of  therapy  and extra  practice that  kids  have  to do .   On top of all of  they are just kids who   deserve the same  found memories of childhood  as   any other kid. They deserve to  play  for the sake of  playing  and that is why  I  hope that every school  district opens  the door  for   these  student athletes  to  participate alongside their  peers.

  


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Happy b day ED Roberts

Fun fact    ED  went to the same JC I  now attend and i  know one of his former teachers who  joined the movement.

Soaring to new heights

  Hay  guys  so  today  I   am  not   going to be blogging because  I  am  doing a  guest posts at  Think  Inclusive .  Check it out 

Able to Go to College- Episode eight: The Search for Bumble bees

This  was   a beautiful spring day  to  go  bee hunting. Why hunt bees  you ask?  Well, I did not have a choice. My biology teacher had us  do a class observation on bumble bees .    It was  actually really fun.I  enjoyed it one thing that I learned about bees  is that despite what  AA Miller writes, not all bees live in hives and make  honey.  I  think , I  heard this about a  year ago( I am a  tad behind  in these videos all  of these  videos are from   the spring 2012 semester).   Do you guys  know anything about bees ? 

Able to go to College Episode Seven:Omi turns two

 Another  weekend edition of able to go to college.    This weekend was my cousin daughter's  second b day.  I had to miss basketball practice  to attend  but    I think the cuteness  made  missing hoops  worth  it.  Omi  is  very spoiled  girl  she is the youngest kid on my mom's  side of  the family, the youngest  used to be  princess, but  she    is a high school  senior in the video and has  since  went to college.  Ironically    Omi  loves  Princess  it  must be   because  she  used to be the youngest in the family.

 Princess, Omi and AZ at Omi's  second birthday

  Fun   fact  Omi's dad  is a  former  NBA  player.

12 great things in 2012

   So   as  the   year  is  winding down  which means that its time for the monthly highlight series.  For those of you who are new around here every year I  write  great thing that happened to me , or family, that happened  the   previous    12 months.  Its  really  fun and a great way to  end  the  year.   So  lets  get started . I know  I am  far behind  in  Able to go to college videos  so    this will give you guys a taste of  what  videos  could be coming.   I hope to post them    in January so stick around,

 Dan and AZ  January 2012

January 2012:  I met  Dan  Habib of  Including Samuel  and  Who Cares about Kelsey 

February 2012:    Changed   url to  this one. Came   up with  an idea,  and celebrated single Awareness Day

 













March 2012:   Omi  turned  two years old.  I learned that I  made  Dean's List for the first time and blog every day  for CP Awareness Month and made a video .  Went to San Diego .

Princess, Omi and AZ at  Omi's second birthday March 2012

 April   2012:  Won  a smart pen from  my college














May 2012:    My cousins  C and R came to visit.  Princess  graduates  high school

 C, AZ and  R  May  2012

June  2012:      My Family  goes to  Hawaii but I stay behind and h hang with  my uncle  due to anxiety  Begin Summer school and start the best ST  ever. 

July 2012:   Celebrated the  fourth of July and    begin  watching the Olympics


 August 2012:   visited  my Dad's family in  Reno.

 AZ and Zoe  October 2012

 September 2012.    The first annual  World Cerebral Palsy  day   I made a montage of   people living with CP. I  turned  21 and   went  with  C to see   the US gymnastics show.  I was drafted to be a part of  the Big Wave Self Advocate panel.  Princess  begins college and book gal    begins dating  Soccer  Man. 

October  2012:     The Giants  won the world series for the second time in two years, and I got to be an Orange  Crayon.

 AZ and the giant Teddy bear  November 2012

 November  2012:  I voted for the first time, a truly  American Milestone.  I also got to meet a great big teddy  bear  at Omi's house.

 

 AZ     making gingerbread houses  December 2012

December 2012:  Princess  finishes her first  college quarter and  I  begin to make the L sond in the middle of words  .  Zoe   plays nicely with other dogs , a  big deal for her. I made gingerbread houses with  a friend from  high school. My family  has   a Harry Potter Marathon  and   I got a cool  Christmas train, something  I have always wanted.  I also   got a Wii u. To see more Christmass    pictures   Click Here     



   





   My  heart goes out to all the families who have lost loved ones this year.




Great stuff I have written this past year 

 Princess  took this picture of Zoe   Summer 2012

Respect 
Why  I  Stand  with Henry
21  things I want to do in  life 
Past People   that helped me get an A 

 Zoe Christmas Eve under the tree  along with my beloved Christmass train. Its hard to believe that we got her eight years ago.   Definitely the best Christmass Eve present I  have ever received,

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As the year comes to a close

 My  heart goes out to all the families who have lost loved ones this year, especially those who lost them due to violence.   

      When I went to see Les  Miserable    someone set off a stink  bomb and I was so scared  I thought it was a shooting.  

         All through school   we did lock down drills, yet never in a million years did  I thing  someone would   harm  me or my classmates at school. 

          My hope for the United States  is that their will not  be any     massive  shootings   in    2013.  To all the family members,  I    offer my condolences  but  know that our whole Nation  morns with  you and I morn with you .  I  hope   the world  will be safer  in the new year.  Everyone has a role to  play in making our  nation  safer  for everyone.   Treat  others the same way you want to be treated.


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Christmas pics

Great story

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/laws-of-physics-cant-trump-the-bonds-of-love/

  will  be  back to blogging soon

Past people that helped me get An A

               So this   is  one, of two essays, that I  aced  for American Literature.   I got an   A-,  although  I did all the work   a lot of  people  helped  me     get this  A   lets   take a  look

            Parents

 My Parents and me 

            Shortly after I was  born , I was introduced to the  world   of  words though Good night moon.   I have a picture  of my  Dad  reading it to me in the hospital  21  years ago, I  know  I am old.    When I came home from the hospital  my parents continued to  read to  me   before  bed.  I had a lot of  books  at home  when  I was  growing up.

  Early intervention/ Pre school

        I went   to a family  support program at SF State.  They  provided  my  tiny  body with lots of stimulation  so  I would be  as  indepent as possible.  I had trouble  talking  so they  taught me ASL  so  I could  communicate with the world.   I  was beginning to have control over my  environment.

 When I went to pre school  my teachers  taught me the  ABC's and  how to use the computer. They continued to work on my speech  and  pretty soon  I was  talking in  full sentences .  I  needed to understand   how to use sentences  in order to write them for the essay.

    Pre-K
 
First year of inclusive  education.     The  teachers helped me with the basics  so  I would be ready for kindergaten.     All of  this  was done at a  private non  special  needs  school.    This  was   private  school inclusion.

Circle Time 

  Kindergaten
       I  get to learn  phonics and  letters with  fellow kindergartners.  I also learn how to  type.  This  was a typed  essay.

 First grade
   Kept on learning    no highlights  here  except that I got diagnosed with  NLD in edition to CP.

 Second  Grade

  Writer work shop  learned how to organize  thoughts   in a way that formed.  Plus  it was  fun  I was able to put my active imagination to work.

    
  Fourth   grade
 My teacher  forced   insisted  that I  begin doing my own homework  independently. I also  learned about spell  check

             Fifth   grade

 Don't bother me when I am writing  

     Leaned all about writhing essays.  Those classic  five paragraph  papers.

   Middle school
       Started analyzing stories looking for themes and foreshowding.

  High School

  Leaned how to integrate quotes, Leaned different ways to start a  sentience 
    College
  college I would learn   about  noun prase appositives and   critical thinking and analyzation skills.



  All these  things helped  me   get an A  in  American Literature  .   All these people  believed that I was  capable   of learning and  gave  me  a chance to try. If  any of these  people  had    thought  " Hay, this  girl  is disabled and  does not act right   she  can not learn  any of this  then It would have  been a lot harder on my current  teacher to  give me the skills   so that I could   be ready  to learn, which  would latter lead to  an  A.

   Most of  my   writing skills  I  learned alongside  able bodyied peers.  If any of my teachers  OT, PT's,ST's, aides  etc     are reading this  thank you for  helping me learn alongside my  peers. I  know I was not the   easyiest   student to teach but  I   got something out of  it Feel Free to leave a comment  thanks    You guys are Amazing  and have helped me realize my abilities.

Welcome to inclusive schools week

   Be  sure to  stick around for more  posts about  this  very important topic  second one  comes out tomorrow.

  

 Got  any  questions about  inclusive  ed       Open  all  week  long 

A do- over day

          So  today  is the  national youth inclusion conference for I am  norm.  I wish  I  could be telling you guys about   all the fun   things that are happening.  All the  people  I am  meeting   that also believe in inclusion.   I was  soo excited  earlier in the week  I  warned my teachers that I would be hyper  on friday  from all the  excitement. 


  That was   Monday.

 The fear set in  on Tuesday night  when  I  realized that  it would be storming in the  bay area.

 Wednesday    talked to a physics  teacher  about  what would happend  if  a plane got stuck by lighting,

Thursday       warend  my group that I would not attend.  Talked to my old  aid  went to see Lincoln  which was a great movie 

 Friday

  Went to class  was not hyper more scared   it did not help that   we read a poem about death. ( no  i do not blame  my  american  Lit teacher) 

 Talked to my  astronomy teacher asking him about   any metros, like the one  he told us about on Wednesday, 

  Went to the  airport and  could not decide  to  go or stay.     Went to security twice.   My  mom  got embarrassed,  It did not help that my  mom   had to get padded down  because  the machine kept going off which  freaked me out .    We  made it to the gate as the plane was  taking off.

      Today I  feel soo sad and  ashamed of myself.    Everyone has been so  supportive  and   I  got to  Facebook some of the girls  who are on the youth summit on Thursday    I  can not believe that   I did not get on the plane.    When  I woke up today    and   knew that today  was  Saturday  and not another Friday   I  was  soo  angry  because  I  was supposed to   be  in  Long Beach, yet I missed my plane.    I wish  I could have a do over day.
  I hate  OCD 

Hay

 cyberspace  long time no blog   I am  going to try blogging  here more  often.  This weekend  I am  going to an inclusion conference and the   week after that  is   National Inclusion Week which i will be blogging about every day  stay  toon.  A  new  epic  cute able to go to college video will be up in a few hours.  I am  glad to be back  blogging.   Whats  new  anything I missed?




PS  here is a  preview  for the new able to  go to college video

 video coming soon

The boy from Baby house ten

 Vanya  who was adopted   and is now named John with   the book about him 

   So  I have heard from people   on FB that  November is  adoption awareness month  and  I  know this is really needed  especially for   kids with special  needs. Especially ?  yes  lets compare  stories

       I was  born  in the early 90's and   was diagnosed with CP.   Around the same time   Vanya was born  in russia.   When I got  diagnosed with CP  I  got to  start  early intervention.  When Vanya got diagnosed  doctors encourage his mom to give  him to the state.   
Vanya  remarkable story   is told in the book The boy from  baby house ten.         This story  gives u inside look on how  Russia, and others,  deal  with disabilities.      Even though his story  happend in the 90's.  Every  child deserves a family.

Color me orange

  So  wondering about the hat in this pic 

 Well     it is  part of my  Halloween Costume 

 I am a orange crayon 

  I even was able to get my dog involved in the picture

  

 Happy  Halloween guys. Off to crave a   pumpkin. 

E:60 - Sacrifice

   

love  this story

Giants and other stuff

  Hay  guys sorry  for the lack of  text  I have a big  paper due on  friday    so  i  am  tying to  finish that in fact that is what   I need to be doing but I have two   ideas for posts   that will be coming  up    next week sometime.


   but   I  will leave u  with a pic of  me   after the giants won  the world series last night. Wonder where I  got that  hat from? well  stay   toon

Neil Poppin Award Winner 2012- Barbara Aden

       

 I had a great time playing with Barbra today we took third

Sesame Street: Katy's Growing

 This was on when i was younger   at the  time  I did not  know anything was different about  Katie.   That is why sesame street is such a good  show       thanks sesame street

Halloween 1991

 This is a  repost  from  my old blog 




My first halloween I was a pumpkin. I was the not the only one who wore this costume. My two sisters were pumpkins there first halloweens as well. I  think my mom reused it because it was  a cute costume
  ( It was pretty big on me)

(I am a few days shy of being 2 months)

Who is this  guy  holding me never mind it is just my dad 

(Me and my Mom. Do you see  the yellow and red thing behind

 the couch just above my mom's shoulder? 

That was a reaching thing.

 It  was sesame street  theme.

 Book gal and princess used that   as well.)

President Obama Engages with Youth with Disabilities

Goo B

   I  actually know   Barbara she is on the same special olympics  site as  I am  for many sports. She  awesome  and   is really  nice. I was so happy to see  her pic in the   papper  enjoy the moment Barbara  you  deserve it 

 to  read more click here 

AZ says

As a person with a disability I would rather learn something at school and be board and serious then have fun and not learn anything. I think all kids given a coice would chose this. You attend school to LEARN not to have fun

You do not need to be a kid to have fun

          So     like  I  said earlier  I went to the  Science fair at my school  on saturday.      It was a family  fun day.  I was  really  looking forward  to  the hands on activities, the only problem was that they  were geared  for kids.    Now originally I was supposed to  go  with  LM  but that did not work out soo  I went with my mom.     My favorite  room   was the Chemistry  room where I learned about polymers.   One of the   stations was  making bouncy balls.  It looked like a lot of fun only the average age  was    elementary school  age and it was crowded.  My  mom  told me to do something else,  We left the  room  but I came  back to  make  a bouncy  ball  when my mom was in the  planetarium show.

    fireworks  on the frouth   Summer 2012

        The  moral  to   this story  is   that   adults can  have fun  to.  I am  21  but    I still like mario   Sora  Riku  from the  Kingdom Hearts Series.  I  love   hands on stuff, despite not having   good fine motor control.   I want to  carve a  pumpkin  this fall  and  over the summer I wanted to light  fireworks on 4th  of July .    The  thing is for me I wish that people  were able to shat dissipate  this  I am  still smart and   enjoy   discussing  politics and  all the  other things that come with  being 21.    


 When  Finding  Nemo was  in  3D   last month, I  went  twice and  you  know what  when there was a    couple   around  my  age, or older,  that was there and  when  I  told  my classmates   in  American Literature  class about  my   time with  Nemo they said that they  wanted  to go  as  well.  Now  I do not think  this  girl  has a disability  and  really    having  fun  as  an adult  should not require a disability.    Yeah  I know that  their  are parties and other stuff that  most  young adults like  but you know what    right now  that is not my idea of fun.   I would rather  play  mario  or  go to Disneyland  and  you know what its fun  and  thats  what  really counts. 

movie time sunday

Science day

 
   Today   I went to my college's science festival.   more details  coming soon

Another Question answered

  Ellen  from   Love that max asks  me what inspires me 

 the answer is  reading about  inclusive  success stories and people  overcoming  obstacles    that is what inspires  me  

  What inspires  you    leave  your comment here.  Also if you ask a question I will answer it   next friday 

Why I stand with Henry

         Soo  if you are on facebook   and into the disability u might of heard of a  kid named Henry.  Henry  lives in florida  and  is being home school by  force. The  reason is  he  can not go  to  the local junior high because he has some  disabilities.

  The school does not have a right  to   keep him  away  from  his neighborhood school.  People  say that  that   he  needs to  take a test to prove that he can   go to school.  I  find this funny because  no one else  has  to   take a test  to go to  public school.   Its a  public school   not a private school.    Why  force him to take a test  this is not right  education is all about learning and all  humans  can  learn.  

  I could say wow   I am so  glad that I do not live in florida  except This could have taken place  where  I live because  schools around here are not that  inclusive in fact I know the only reason that I was able to go to  public school was tthat   I did not have an intellectual disability.  I have  CP My    In fact there is  a private school that is inclusive in our area. Thats  right there is a private school  that does what  the public schools  should be doing.  

  I stand with  Henry  because I  know the benefits of attending the  neighbor school amongst peers.  I stand  with  Henry  because  I  know that he deserves  the same high exceptions  as his class mates.  I  stand with  Henry because  I know  that he will need to interact in a world where there are people without disabilities.  I stand with  Henry because   he deves a chance to  achieve his dreams. I stand with  Henry because     he should have  the chance to be involved  in after school activities and  dances  if he  wants  to.  I stand with  Henry because I know that good education   allow him to  have a rich and full life.

        Henry  if  you ever  read this  I want you  to know how much  I admire  your determination to  forge ahead,  Never give in.  I  have heard from some parents around here  find it hard   to pave the wat in terms of inclusion.  Never give  in.   Never take those   tests. You sshould not need to  fight .       I hope  I can meet you one day

Jeff & Mister Rogers

Able to go to College episode six: Breakfast the most important meal of the day

 


 On this epsode   I   get  to have a tasty  pancake  at school.   One  of the perks  of college is  that there is  great food in a cafeteria.      College  has been  the first time  where  I have eaten in a cafeteria  at my  school.   At my school  we have tons  of  food  to chose from including a breakfast  and lunch .    You  could  get a burrito on  monday  and a  pizza  on tuesday its nice to  have verity  about what   you  eat.  Now  its  not the  best  food  but its  quick and  yummy.



  Just for  fun  some things that I  enjoyed eating via the  school cafeteria

1 Pancakes
2 Burritos
3   Cheese burger
4  Spegheatti  and  Meatballs
5   Sushi
6  Macaroni    and cheese  ( special)
 7 Personal Pizza
8  Turkey sandwich
9  banana nut  bread
10 Blueberry  muffin

Thanks Zoe

    New video    coming soon  but  I had to share  what my dog did.

 Me and my dog summer 2012

 So, after class today after lunch   my dog  wanted to go out in the backyard,   so  I opened the door. She did not want   to go  alone( Zoe is a very spoiled doggie)  So  I    go  with her (told u she  was  spoiled) she then   finds a  tennis ball to give to me we then  played a  nice game of  fetch.   Thanks  dog for getting me outside  today  on a beautiful sunny  day.  

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