Monday, November 10, 2008
After the bell rings
Now I am a disabled advocate in the making but I am also a board teenager after school. The reason being that I try ed out for the varsity basketball team and of course got cut. My Spanish teacher is the soccer coach but I can not play on her team because I have CP.
Acting is also out the question. My English teacher is not sure how the class will do in the understanding in me without questions on the overhead. I talk wired because I have CP see a pattern.
it not just school aged kids ( K-12) with CP NlD OCD . It is kids with down syndrome autism and other disabilities. It is hard to find Inclusive after school activist es offered in the schools. To make matter worse as you get older most community programs max out . As much as i enjoy the Special Olympics the program is not very inclusive and you are mixed with audits . disabled but adults nonetheless. When I was little I was able to play AYS O with kids my age and I was in a singing group and I had Judo that was with kids my own age. Even through ayso has a team in my age group I can not physically can not keep up so my dad has yet to sign me up. This is not bad because Golf at school keeps me pretty busy but it is still hard to watch my sisters have fun without playing,
I am takinge the anger and sadness that I have had over this and am writing anther book. It is a sequel to the excerpt that I posted Here. The idea is to create a inclusive after school sports and homework along with enrichment and advocacy for disabled and typical students from kindergarten till the twelfth grade. If only I had this I would be a happy camper after school.
If you have any Stories of heard of after school inclusive activities in your town.please post a comment with your story
ggot the pic from http://www.countrywhispers.com/school/old_school_bell_ringing_hg_clr.gif
Monday, October 6, 2008
get it down I miss the playground
I miss the playground. I rember when I was in primary school I looked forward to recess and lunch. Recess and lunch were fun there was jumprope to learn.I became a pro at this when i was in Kindergarten. I loved playing on the playground doing the monkey bars and cimbing through the the tubes.
But what I miss most is the aceptance On the playground it was easy to join in a game of knockout or tag or handball. teasing still happened. I remeber a indent in pre K but for the most part My time from K-5 was great
My mom says that you learn to fear people who are different,. Mabey it is kinda like santa Clause you believe in him when your young but as y get older you Belize it is just your mom and Dad.
C is in K now and she told me that I seek wired. It hurt because in five years she might think people with disabilities are wired and avoid them and mabe even bully them. I fear that day. The day when kids realize that people with disablities are wired and bad.
I will always treasure the time we were playing hide and seek on Saturday night. THat took me back to the times of the playground
Friday, October 3, 2008
get it down : I'D go most anywhere to find where I belong
I have something called NLD which I have had since I was six. It has never stopped before from attending mainstream school. This year however, I have had on two times asked myself if I truely belong at my current high school. This high school has no special day class that I can hang out in and MSA is no longer a lunch time friend LG is in soutrhen CA and A is now friends with DD and is rude to me. I don;t realy think a SDC class is the ancer . I love my AP history class., but at the same time I know I am missing out a lot socaily. I have yet to attend a dance since entering high school. It's not that I am shy. I am veary well known. I know just about every teacher and kids always know my name. I mean they will say hi to me in the hallways and I have a lot of aquances but no friends. Friendship have always been hard for me to navagate and OCD comeing into my life makes it nearly impossible. What do y guys think.
on a lighter note
Cousins C and R are coming tonight I am so excited
hopefully I will have a good weekend to make up for the crappy school week
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
17 years ago today an advocate for the disabled was born
that would be me
yeah thats right today is my 17 birthday and in honor of that I am going to tell y a positive event that happened to me over the past 16 years
1 celebrated first b day with friends and family and enjoyed being the only child during the week. Laid back athelte visited on weekends
2 became older sis to book gal
3 moved to house I am currently in and became the sister of Princess
4 attend pre school (SDC) loved Pocahontas
6 Learned how to jump rope from my K teacher and did hippo theaphy
7 stated playing piano
8 went skiing for the first time and fell in love with the snow
9 partook in a project and fond that I am a great actor
10 after meaning years of being Woody for Halloween I was a clown
11 started playing basketball with my church and then
12 started middle school played softball on princess and book gal's team. I was the eldest on the team
13 got Zoe for Christmas and partook in my first Special Olympics event Swimming
14 graduated from middle school. had a big party to celebrate then went to visit Mickey Mouse at Disney land
15 went to hawaii and swam with the dolphins started blogging and golf
16 completed a driver's ed class and got nominated for a computer by one of my blogger friends
17 I hope to have IRl's. Do a lose the training wheels bike camp and do anther year of Standford golf camp. I hope to make progress on a video about NLD and give my poem to MS A IN PERSON
(Uncle M r and me summer 2008)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
to my smart and super fomer spainsh teacher
By AZ Chapman
When I was a wondering girl of fifteen
You greeted me with opens arms
We got the textbook that day
And you offered to let it stay
In the classroom.
Over the months time I became a expert in high school hood While learning Spanish in a way I understood With dolls Mr.Potato head and songs That I loved to dance and sing along With winter came a grade of gold A solid A that I held with pride.
Spring Semester was a pester Uninvited parties ,maps and new changes There was one place that I felt safe On those lunch time days when Laura and I came your way I was happy as a lotto winer
Because I had found acceptances Instead of being shunned because of my disabilities You even offered a treat If I always stayed in my seat In tenth grade
So whenever you sing a Spanish song with your new classes Know that I would like to have been there to sing along
When I was a wondering girl of fifteen
You greeted me with opens arms
We got the textbook that day
And you offered to let it stay
In the classroom.
Over the months time I became a expert in high school hood While learning Spanish in a way I understood With dolls Mr.Potato head and songs That I loved to dance and sing along With winter came a grade of gold A solid A that I held with pride.
Spring Semester was a pester Uninvited parties ,maps and new changes There was one place that I felt safe On those lunch time days when Laura and I came your way I was happy as a lotto winer
Because I had found acceptances Instead of being shunned because of my disabilities You even offered a treat If I always stayed in my seat In tenth grade
So whenever you sing a Spanish song with your new classes Know that I would like to have been there to sing along
got the pic from http://www.school-clipart.com/_small/0511-0708-2014-2315.jpg
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Eight adults and fourteen kids
Tonight we are hosting a family friend get together. It will be black doctors who happen to work with my mom and their kids. Mom is doing this to introduce a new docker to other black doctors. The family has 4 kids under the age of six. Tonight ought to be fun
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