Sunday, November 13, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The value of my life
It all started on Monday night which is my English class. Now i want to say i really like this teacher she is nice and has tolerated taught me two semesters now.
We are reading a book by Toni Morison called Sula in the book a mother kills her son after he comes back after fighting in the war and has a addiction to drugs. After discussing this fact the teacher asked us to write of all the ways it was moral or immoral for the character to kill her son. After writing stuff down we discussed it and someone said it was ok to kill her son because he can not take care of himself.
It hit me like a fist I am 20 years old and still live at home. Many people with disabilities spend their adult lives under supervision of others. Dose this mean that we all should die. I asked the teacher and told her to erase the point that it was invalid yet she left it up there. I know the character was once able bodied and had regressed to a infant level but that sould not mean death right. I voiced my option and ended class on a high note with laughter
Tuesday: I went to an online support group for people with CP. ( IF you want to know what group message me below) I then saw this link to a research of scientist trying to stop brain damage which results in CP. Now i am 100 percent against that abortion because of disabilities is wrong and i am not supper religious. This is not right what they are trying to do to my disability. Why used the word damage or broken. I am not broken because of my disabilities. I have speech differences and movement differences and behavior differences, yet i am not broken far from it.
As a young person i am trying to find my place in the world and how is anyone with disabilities supposed to develop good self esteem if scientist are saying that I was a mistake that should be avoidable with science . Having a disability is a part of me I do not know differently. Do I wonder what its like not to have a disability? sometimes yes. Would I want a cure for CP?No way. I know I do not know what it feels like not to have a disability but come on guys you mean to tell me that it the best thing in the world doesn't everyone have problems. struggles.
I wish if science was being done to help people with disabilities speak, move learn easier instead of abortion. I wish people without disabilities would stop lowing the achievement bar for us. that would make a bigger difference.
What do u all think
We are reading a book by Toni Morison called Sula in the book a mother kills her son after he comes back after fighting in the war and has a addiction to drugs. After discussing this fact the teacher asked us to write of all the ways it was moral or immoral for the character to kill her son. After writing stuff down we discussed it and someone said it was ok to kill her son because he can not take care of himself.
It hit me like a fist I am 20 years old and still live at home. Many people with disabilities spend their adult lives under supervision of others. Dose this mean that we all should die. I asked the teacher and told her to erase the point that it was invalid yet she left it up there. I know the character was once able bodied and had regressed to a infant level but that sould not mean death right. I voiced my option and ended class on a high note with laughter
Tuesday: I went to an online support group for people with CP. ( IF you want to know what group message me below) I then saw this link to a research of scientist trying to stop brain damage which results in CP. Now i am 100 percent against that abortion because of disabilities is wrong and i am not supper religious. This is not right what they are trying to do to my disability. Why used the word damage or broken. I am not broken because of my disabilities. I have speech differences and movement differences and behavior differences, yet i am not broken far from it.
As a young person i am trying to find my place in the world and how is anyone with disabilities supposed to develop good self esteem if scientist are saying that I was a mistake that should be avoidable with science . Having a disability is a part of me I do not know differently. Do I wonder what its like not to have a disability? sometimes yes. Would I want a cure for CP?No way. I know I do not know what it feels like not to have a disability but come on guys you mean to tell me that it the best thing in the world doesn't everyone have problems. struggles.
I wish if science was being done to help people with disabilities speak, move learn easier instead of abortion. I wish people without disabilities would stop lowing the achievement bar for us. that would make a bigger difference.
What do u all think
Friday, November 4, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Some photos to end 31 for 21
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| Buddy Walk 2011 |
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| Big Wave pumpkin painting |
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| i won this along with a mystery box and tickets to Disneyland |
halloween pics coming soon
Sunday, October 30, 2011
October is also Spina Bifida Awareness month
I know3 people with Spina Bifida. All three of them are in college Blog wise Cassie at Beyond Messures has been blogging about featuring all kinds of people , including some cute kids with SB. Her son Caleb is a cute six year old with SB
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Having Cerebral Palsy is not the end of the world
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| Me at the Bridge School concert |
Does CP make it hard for me to talk yes Does it make hard for me to play sports? yes. Does it make my handwriting bad yes . Is it frustrating at times yes. Isn't frustration apart of life yes.
I think having CP has made me appreciate the little things in life. For example if I see a dragonfly I will watch it for a while I took this pic last fall of a inchworm. This does not mean I have a intellectual disablity, I did get an 88 on a statics test. Things come a lot harder for me simply means that i get to celebrate things more. I am not a optimistic person, yet when it comes to CP I do not feel like it is the worst thing that has happend to me ( in fact it is the easier then OCD which is not lifelong) My view on life may be different then others peoples but all I know is this if I had a chance to be average I would do it for a day, yet I would want to go back to being me Cp and all. A penny for your thoughts
Friday, October 28, 2011
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