This week zoe and I played outside. My boss bought me a personal pizza.i met with another college consular and saw my cousin a great week.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Proof that Inclusion can work Works: Meet Brandon G.
Hay guys one of my goals this year is to reach 100 posts in 2015. I am doing this by writing about my favorite topic Inclusive Education. To start things off I am going to share something a Teresa G
sent me about her son Brandon.
Hi,
I'm a mom who has a son with Down syndrome. He's surpassed every imaginable goal that a parent if a child who has SN. I have every category story including K-8th full inclusion school experience. We moved and had to start all over and created an incredible school experience breaking every barrier, overcoming many challenges and creating an environment counter to the status quo of other parents expectations. Here are some accomplishments because if inclusion in hs:
1. All A's and B's in Gen Ed.
2. Full team member on Freshmen basketball and track teams.
3. Fashion designer and modeled original art on outfit for Teen Fashion show.
4. Actor for iPad learning videos.
5. Santa Cruz Youth City Council Member appointed by Mayor.
6. Awarded summer internship with local Congressman doing office work .
7. International Yes I Can! Award winner in the Arts Category; modeling, acting and visual arts for Council for Exceptional Children(only US recipient with DS).
8. Was just crowned Homecoming King of school of 1,500 students with popular school vote!
9. RecognitionMerit Award for San Andreas Regional Center(10-25-14).
10. Be Beautiful , Be Yourself Jet Set Fashion Show model, Denver & Washington D.C.
11. Visiting artist display for City of Capitola asked by Art Commission in an art Mecca of Monterey Bay.
12. Teen Kitchen volunteer where students cook healthy meals for children who have Cancer.
13. Blue and Gold Athletic award
Life has been very full raising a child with SN , but great !
Best ,
Teresa G
sent me about her son Brandon.
Hi,
I'm a mom who has a son with Down syndrome. He's surpassed every imaginable goal that a parent if a child who has SN. I have every category story including K-8th full inclusion school experience. We moved and had to start all over and created an incredible school experience breaking every barrier, overcoming many challenges and creating an environment counter to the status quo of other parents expectations. Here are some accomplishments because if inclusion in hs:
1. All A's and B's in Gen Ed.
2. Full team member on Freshmen basketball and track teams.
3. Fashion designer and modeled original art on outfit for Teen Fashion show.
4. Actor for iPad learning videos.
5. Santa Cruz Youth City Council Member appointed by Mayor.
6. Awarded summer internship with local Congressman doing office work .
7. International Yes I Can! Award winner in the Arts Category; modeling, acting and visual arts for Council for Exceptional Children(only US recipient with DS).
8. Was just crowned Homecoming King of school of 1,500 students with popular school vote!
9. RecognitionMerit Award for San Andreas Regional Center(10-25-14).
10. Be Beautiful , Be Yourself Jet Set Fashion Show model, Denver & Washington D.C.
11. Visiting artist display for City of Capitola asked by Art Commission in an art Mecca of Monterey Bay.
12. Teen Kitchen volunteer where students cook healthy meals for children who have Cancer.
13. Blue and Gold Athletic award
Life has been very full raising a child with SN , but great !
Best ,
Teresa G
Have a story about inclusive education email me the story azchapman1991@gmail.com You can be featured on the blog.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
weekinreview
New eve was celebrated alone.I played a ton of videogames and visited another university that seems inclusive.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Year in Review
Now there is a lot of great stuff that happened in 2014 here are the monthly highlights complete with pictures.
Let's Go Niners |
February 2014 : Watched the Superbowl with Mexican Food . My old b ball coach came to see me play in a tournament.
March 2014: Had the best weekend ever at the TASH Conference a
nd got a cool t shirt to celebrate World CP Day.
March 2014 |
April 2014 : Celebrated Easter by going to Cream. Competed in Shot Put for the first time ever with the special olympics. I also went to the beach,
May 2014: Celebrated my sister's b day by hanging in SF
June 2014: Started summer school and learned that "Individual differences reign
supreme. Saw the para olympics at my jc.
July2014: I cut my hair on the fourth of July. Celebrated my Dad's b day by going out for lunch and feeding the ducks. Watched the World Cup and chugged a shot of alcohol before throwing it up. I also went to the movies with LM
August 2014 : Went to a giants game. Took a final while my mom was away and aced it. I attended Motown the musical with my sister and my mother. I also played in my first Unified golf game hosted by Special Olympics. My team mate and I got sliver
Halloween 2014 |
September 2014: I turned 23 and took the ALS Ice bucket challenge.
October 2014: I had a blast at Big Wave and helped make the day fun. I was paid in two free spray painted pumpkins . I won the JC costume contest as an orange crayon and went to two special needs Halloween Parties. The Giants won the World Series
November 2014: I got my first job at the bookstore. Had a wonderful Thanksgiving at my house My Aunt L Uncle M C and R came down.
I beat C in a game of Parcheesi |
Over all its been a great year.
Here are some post that are worth looking at from 2014
The Solution is Inclusion
The Power of Choice
Inclusion Matters because
Monday, December 22, 2014
The power of Choice
So college for me has been a bumpy ride to say the least. From being terrified on my first semester of college to powering through to the horrible inaccessible experience at the private university down the street from my house. Its been very hard.
What makes it even harder was that I believed I had no choice.
You see as a disabled person you do not really get choices. Ok sure I had the option of choosing what I wanted to eat and stuff but the big ones i did not have a say. In high school I did not have a say where I wanted to work and messed up on the job. Back in November I applied to a place I have always wanted to work ever since I went to visit colleges back in high school. I wanted to work at the book store. In November I got my wish. This past week I got my first pay check and it felt good to earn money. I am one of the best workers. I take my job seriously and am learning a ton about the book business. This is a far cry to the placements I had in high school. I chose what I wanted to do.
Now back to colleges, My faith has been tested and if you asked me on Friday morning will I finish college? The answer was.
I do not know.
It has been really hard to go through school with people that are ablest and who are not patient. I felt that I did not have a choice because when I went in the spring to apply to another school my parents said no i had to go back to school that i hated. So I did this past fall. I took one class from a teacher whose cousin had CP. So they understood me and helped me out with the projects and did not think anything of it. I had a fantastic time there. Which was saying a lot. I always felt respected. I even had fun,
Dealing with the administration was very hard though. After my advisor was not nice to me I got really sad. It took a week to recover but I did.
The day before thanksgiving I went to my advisor at the JC who told me that I still had time to apply to CSU. I thought i missed the deadline. I got right on it and was able to apply before the window closed at the end of the month.
On friday I got into my first choice of schools for the fall of 2015. I am soo happy. I have options I have choice.
I CAN NOW SAY THAT IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF I FINISH COLLEGE BUT WHEN I FINSH COLLEGE.
Got Images from
http://www.manataka.org/images/Choices%201.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wBMloVl1WxJTmipjLGbg3M9YAM9BJyLWBcFKoAZm0HAVtHymHtH5QITnIP2yMB1w_g5PnhXZ_Jk0vMDOxxIO288SGwMAA8dL-XC64hiWrc4oJ6pezIyR1yUZr3E08MjsU6HszYxmgIzs/s1600/compass.jpg
What makes it even harder was that I believed I had no choice.
First Pay Check 12/15/ 14 |
Now back to colleges, My faith has been tested and if you asked me on Friday morning will I finish college? The answer was.
I do not know.
A good problem to have |
Dealing with the administration was very hard though. After my advisor was not nice to me I got really sad. It took a week to recover but I did.
The day before thanksgiving I went to my advisor at the JC who told me that I still had time to apply to CSU. I thought i missed the deadline. I got right on it and was able to apply before the window closed at the end of the month.
On friday I got into my first choice of schools for the fall of 2015. I am soo happy. I have options I have choice.
I CAN NOW SAY THAT IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF I FINISH COLLEGE BUT WHEN I FINSH COLLEGE.
Got Images from
http://www.manataka.org/images/Choices%201.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wBMloVl1WxJTmipjLGbg3M9YAM9BJyLWBcFKoAZm0HAVtHymHtH5QITnIP2yMB1w_g5PnhXZ_Jk0vMDOxxIO288SGwMAA8dL-XC64hiWrc4oJ6pezIyR1yUZr3E08MjsU6HszYxmgIzs/s1600/compass.jpg
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