Hay guys so I have not really updated you guys on my school stuff since Spring . I am set to graduate college in 2016. I am taking 16 units this fall and am doing well. Three of those classes are Graduate level classes that I am taking for my Special Education minor. A big goal of mine was to graduate in 2016 and I am ecstatic that this is a real possibility. As long as I pass my classes.
Because I am graduating from undergrad I will be blogging a lot about my experience-particularly pre school through eighth grade in school. In order to do this I will be sharing some older posts about my school that I have written along with some new posts so be sure to come back for more from now til June .
Friday, October 2, 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
31 for 21 Day One: Welcome
Hay guys long time no blog. Sorry its been so long I have been busy. I have lots to tell you and you will be hearing a lot about my life now that its 31 for 21. This is an event hosted by Big Blue Berry Eyes in which people post every day in October for Down Syndrome Awareness Month.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015
A poem in Honor of Back to school
Today is the official start of School for local schools in the are, My Jr college starts back Monday.
( This year is going to be a very special year for my family you will have to wait a little bit longer to find out why )
Here is to a school year where all children are visible in local neighborhood schools
The invisible student
I am a child just like you.
I go to school, and think recess is cool.
But there is something different about me.
I have an disability.
I sometimes drool
You sometimes stare.
Many people pretend I am not there
For I am invisible
you can’t see me I have a disability.
District personal see my education a joke
so they bus me across town even though the neighborhood school is not broke.
there system is.
At school I am sent down the hall.
The classroom door closes and that is all.
I am there all day down the hall.
Its not fair,
Its not fair
it can’t be
I should be treated fair
as an equal you see
We learn about freedom
we learn about the world, but we are not there.
Left out of pictures
of social life
the websites about the school do not include us.
Why can’t I be in the pictures?
Why do my parents need to fight for me to be seen?
Seen as a disabled person
seen for me.
Inclusive education that is key.
Its time to close separate classroom.
Cause Separate is not equal
We learned that in 1954.
Its time for us to become visible-
for us to be seen.
For us to be in all general education classes
Learning and living about Freedom
Learning how to read.
Learning about Romeo, Juliet, and Huckleberry Finn.
Discovering our past
Exploring through experiments
Its time for all that
Its time to presume competence for all kids
Teach us everything so we have a chance at learning about this world.
Its time to move the desk from down the hall.
Into same aged classrooms.
Open the classroom
Let me in
Now is a good time to begin.
Have a great year everyone.
( This year is going to be a very special year for my family you will have to wait a little bit longer to find out why )
Here is to a school year where all children are visible in local neighborhood schools
The invisible student
I am a child just like you.
I go to school, and think recess is cool.
But there is something different about me.
I have an disability.
I sometimes drool
You sometimes stare.
Many people pretend I am not there
For I am invisible
you can’t see me I have a disability.
District personal see my education a joke
so they bus me across town even though the neighborhood school is not broke.
there system is.
At school I am sent down the hall.
The classroom door closes and that is all.
I am there all day down the hall.
Its not fair,
Its not fair
it can’t be
I should be treated fair
as an equal you see
We learn about freedom
we learn about the world, but we are not there.
Left out of pictures
of social life
the websites about the school do not include us.
Why can’t I be in the pictures?
Why do my parents need to fight for me to be seen?
Seen as a disabled person
seen for me.
Inclusive education that is key.
Its time to close separate classroom.
Cause Separate is not equal
We learned that in 1954.
Its time for us to become visible-
for us to be seen.
For us to be in all general education classes
Learning and living about Freedom
Learning how to read.
Learning about Romeo, Juliet, and Huckleberry Finn.
Discovering our past
Exploring through experiments
Its time for all that
Its time to presume competence for all kids
Teach us everything so we have a chance at learning about this world.
Into same aged classrooms.
Open the classroom
Let me in
Now is a good time to begin.
Have a great year everyone.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
World CP Day Photo Montage
Its that time of year people time to start sending in photos of you or your child with CP. October is world CP Day . So send in one photo to azchapman1991@gmail.com or post it on my and tune in October seventh to see this great montage.
Feeling left out?
Find a friend with CP and take a photo and submit it.
For more information please see the tab labeled. World CP day photo montage
Monday, July 13, 2015
25 years later .. we have a long way to go
Hay guys I have been extremely busy sorry I have not been able to blog for you guys. I am in summer school. I will try to update soon. |
People with disabilities still face large unemployment or under employment . People with disabilities still are forced to work for less then minimum wage
People with disabilities that receive benefits from the government can not get married because their benefits will evaporate.
Parents of disabled kids still have to fight to ensure that there child revives a fully inclusive education.
25 years ago things changed for the better for people with disabilities. We still have a long road ahead to ensure that people with disabilities are given equal access. We should celebrate how far we have come but realize that this is just a pit stop. We will have to get back on the road for access equality and inclusion.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Spring Quarter 2015
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First day of Spring Quarter |
B gave me an incentive for me to finish my BA. B also helped me by telling me about a program called Open University. This is a program at Cal State schools where anyone can pay a fee to take classes. This is what I am doing so I can gain credits that count towards my major before the fall term. Anyone can enroll in Open University there is a form you fill out but there is no need for transcripts or grades. I am so happy that B recommended this program. The only downside is that the units cost more.
I had to go karting for a class project. I made a video which got 100 percent |
What has changed in ten weeks
Confidence and a new found belief in myself that I can finish my BA.
Units After I pass all my classes I will double the upper division units that I took at the private school.
I made a worksheet for a class project.
Me yesterday after finishing finals
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
I do my own laundry
I do my own Landry at home |
So for those of you that do not know what is happening read here. Then come back, then read here.
HOW
IS
THIS
OK?
HOW IS OKEY FOR ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BECOME SERVANTS TO THE OTHER?
ITS NOT
WHAT MESSAGE DOES IT SEND TO THE OTHER STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL.
THEY ARE SEPARATE, THEY ARE SPECIAL THEY DO NOT BELONG.
THIS IS TOOO IMPORTANT. WHEN PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE GIVEN THE DIRTY JOBS AT 11 OR 12 , WHAT MESSAGE DOES THAT SEND TO THEM. WHERE IS THE PRESUMPTION OF COMPETENCE? its not there. WHERE ARE THE BOOKS, MATH BLOCKS, EGYPTIAN TUMS WITH MUMMIES, WHERE ARE THE SCINCE EXPERIMENTS.
THOSE THINGS MATTER. Reading matters because information is in these books. Stories of our past. Explores Dragons Shakespeare they matter .
Writing to be able to connect with people over social media is important. Sharing our own stories so that future generations will know us.
History the stories of the past are a light to understanding our future.
Science to discover how the world works, It is also fun,
So in short why are you wasting precious learning time doing laundry in middle school when most kids don't.
There was a time in American history where one group of people did the dirty work in America. They did the laundry. They cleaned up the house, They worked the fields and picked cotton too, They were slaves in America. We now look down on this as a society . Although this isn't slavery. Its still dehumanizing.
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