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,

 got pic from http://kathysbookbag.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-2011-161.jpg

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

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