31 for 21 Day 20 : On being realistic...

              When   a  baby is born. The sky  is the limit. Parents dream  of their kid being a doctor lawyer or actor.  Sometimes those dreams die when  their is  a developmental disability  that is  diagnosed.    Haply  as society   is becoming more inclusive  these dreams do not have to die. There are  college  programs for people  with disabilities  and  there are more options for employment   as well.
                          The hard  part about this is that  these opportunities are closed to people with developmental disabilities.   Not because   they are not  capable  or unlucky, but because  the adults in charge  destroy   their dreams.    They rip them up into tiny shreds  and  lock them  away.   Now  these people are not  overly mean  they  think they are  being realistic and  kind. They  feel that they are doing the best thing for them and  their  parents. Sometimes parents  agree with  these limits.

    This happened to me  on a few occasions.  The first being  in  high school  where they told me I'd  work in the back room and live in a group home. The seconded time being   my experience  at a private college.    I know  how I got through those hard  times by  having people  believe  in me.    From parents to  teachers   at my  jr college to my friends .  I decided to listen to them instead and now  I am  almost done.
   It is up to the adults  in  a young persons life to encourage them to dream big.  Young children can  not  dream , but  the adults  can  dream by having high expectations.   A   long time ago doctors  tried  telling parents to be realistic and put there children in institutions.     That did not  work out  so well.   Don't  be  realistic  be  bold and  daring.   Set high goals Will kids  reach those said  goals?  Maybe not, but  not all able bodied people  do either.   Let  people with disabilities  show  you that they can not  do something instead of  never  letting them try .
 
  For anyone reading this   with a disability

 Blast those low expectations out of the water.



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31 for 21 Day 19 : Virtural Field Trip

  Hi  guys  so  today I  want to introduce you to another great blog written by  an adult with Cerebral Palsy.  She  is a good writer who also  blogs about disability   issues.  This  is a post in which she writes about  the photo  that  should not have gone viral. The  link can be found   here 


Read it and comment on this page.  Do you agree or disagree.

31 for 21 Day 18 Lorreta Clairborn

 I  really hope I can meet her one day.  She is amazing

31 for 21 day 17 :Great Ted talk

  This  is a great Ted talk done by a women with CP.   I have   chatted with her via Facebook She is nice women who speaks her mind about things that she is passionate about.   Remind you of anyone?

31 for 21 Day 16 : Memories from first grade

     In First grade I remember.

    Learning about the contents and  dinosaurs.


  Falling and hitting my head  three times in the same sport.

           I fell and hit my  head  playing with my siblings  in the play room.  I  remember  going to  the downstairs  bathroom  being all bloody. It was not a present site.

        I fell at school.

      I also fell  when book girl pushed a toy  shopping cart with me riding on top.  That was not a good  idea.

        Today  I have a scar on my forehead from where that happen.



   My class got chicken pox. I got the shot but the next day  I went into school  and my teacher  told me to go to the office because I actually had  the Chicken Pox.



      I  remember  getting  tested for NLD. I did not understand that I  had it until ninth  grade.


             I was  very close to my first grade teacher.  My  mother always  reminds me of this  by saying that first grade was the year I sat on my  teacher's lap.      I do have memories of  not sitting on her lap but   I think it happened more times then not.     I also  remember
  being sat down and  told I had CP, so  maybe that was part of it I am not sure.    I had behavior problems and was labeled  the bad kid.     This was the last year   that I  attended  that school.    From then on I attended  public school.  Academically that was the right choice  socially well you  will have to  see   in my  next post.





    Past posts  about first grade

          NLD 

31 for 21 Day 15 : First grade Opereta

   Tomorrow  I will  be sharing  more about  first grade.  Lets  just say that   First  grade was a tough year but I was still  cute.


 Here is proof.

31 for 21 Day 14 A major misconception about NLD.

       I have  Non  Verbal  Learning disorder, NLD for short.  When  people  first hear that they  think that I  am non Verbal .   The  answer  to this is false.  I  talk  and use speech for all of  my communication  needs.    My  speech is  unclear  but that  has to do with Cerebral Palsy not  NLD.

  Too learn more about  NLD  please  watch this  somewhat short video,