I am norm

  Back  in  January  when  Mr T  was a  daily  person in my life and   collage was just a word  there  was a  event  that i did  not  get to go  to.   Dan  Habib  (the  flimaker of  Inculdeing Sam)    was nice of  enough  to let me  join in and  help with  what they started at the event.  i have  "met "  so many wonderfull teenagers  who  are also dedicated to  disability advocacy.  

 the  campaign is  I am  norm . In that people with disabilities are normal.    It is  geared  for middle schoolers  For more information   visit here,

  The  birth  of    the project







 My  video  based on  the  I am norm  theme song


  

Dad's words of wisdom

 " There  will always be evil  in the word, try  not  to  create more of it. " more or less  anyway

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

since it is down syndrome awareness month

Fun night

  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. 

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 

 

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

4.

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

5.

a full-grown animal or plant.

6.

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?