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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