AZ is Amazing

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Soccer

Okay so i was never in this program I was able to participate in the typical AYSO more on Ayso with me coming in the future

Friday, October 8, 2010

since it is down syndrome awareness month

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Tonight I went to my CC beging sign langue class. My friend N is a student in the class.
The instructor is a deaf Asian guy. He is funny we went on a scavenger hunt. I had so much fun. Will post more tomorrow . I might take the class next semester.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

I still have this one wish

Originally written November 2007
One wish

by AZ chapman

my dad me and a family friend on my eighth birthday fall 1999

I have one wish

it may never come true

I wish I had a friend or two

Friends they spoil you

they got your back

If you ever got attack

I want a friend because I too

like to be lazy sometimes

just like all teens do

I am tired of fighting

tired of being strong

I don't like fighting all year long

Sometime I wish I could just hide in a cave

so I wouldn't have to be brave

I have one wish

it may never come true

I wish I had a friend or to

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Get it down: Forever kids?

I am 19 years old. With me being an American i am considered an adult? or am I?

Me spring 2010 I am 18 in this picture but am I a adult? no not yet

Now if I did not have any disabilities the answer would be at yes I am an adult no questions asked. But add a disability in there and the word changes back to kid. As of now this does not bother me as i miss high school and do a lot of things like a kid ie live at home do not drive mom and dad give me chores and the like. I do not think the word adult will scare me though and I think I will take more offense to the word kid more and more with wisdom and time after high school.

now lets talk about other with intellectual disabilities it may be me or is it that people will often refer to them as kids not meaning any harm. It is so much better than the R word for sure. But to say they are kids. I am not sure about this so i will look up Adults in the dictionary this is from Dictionary .com

–noun

a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.

a full-grown animal or plant.

a person who has attained the age of maturity as specified by law.

There is no mentioning of intellectual abilities or going off to work or completing collage or any of that so why should people with disabilities be called kids is it hard and some times it seem like they are children ? Sometimes there are people I know with disabilities who fit this . But they are adults in age. They can vote ( provided there in a Democratic society) can work and do leave high school. Disabilities should not hinder the word adult being associated with them. We may need help flinging adult roles and living on our own. But the definition does not state that does it?

While we are on the subject of kids I was a cute one right?

The reason why I bring this up is from my history lessons and family stories. You know like how white used to do it to blacks back before the civil rights movement when white addressed blacks as boy, or girl and blacks had to address white adults as sir or mam. Just a thought most of you reading this have disabled youngsters so you probably do not have to worry about this yet What do you think?

Monday, October 4, 2010

Get it down: A great idea

So it happened yesterday as I was sitting at home on the computer reading a blog of a friend of mine who has brain cancer. Her dad wrote that she loves to watch herself on the computer so I thought wouldn't it be cool if kids adults and teens could watch a video of the good times to escape what happened to them in the present. I know u aren't supposed to live in the past however old videos of me before OCD seem to help me when I am in a bout ( heeling vibes please still in a bought) what do u think making videos of past memories for cancer patients hospital patients and people with OCD and temporary conditions.