No well maybe this will spur your memory.
Here is his update. Watch it til the end its worth it. He also got an Award from ASAN.
Keep up the good work Henry. Still want to meet you one day
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
An Update on Henry
Remember this amazing young man.
No well maybe this will spur your memory.
Here is his update. Watch it til the end its worth it. He also got an Award from ASAN.
Keep up the good work Henry. Still want to meet you one day
No well maybe this will spur your memory.
Here is his update. Watch it til the end its worth it. He also got an Award from ASAN.
Keep up the good work Henry. Still want to meet you one day
Its been a while
Hay guys so I know I have not been around recently. Its because I have been dealing with mental health issues/ depression in addition to another loss in the family , My mom's dad pasted away the last saturday of october. So its been hard. Hope to blog more soon.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Dear Public Schools,
Dear Public Schools,
You know when you have school wide events, and the school website . All the kids need to be represented. That means every type of learner needs to be represented at the school. If you have school wide pajama party or a Science fair or walk a jog . All kids need to be represented. Including those kids in those classrooms. You know the ones who for no fault of your own have special needs. Let me tell you a secret.
Those kids have names
Those kids enjoy having fun.
Those kids want to belong to the school community
So next time u have an event Please make sure they know. please make sure they are invited. If you happend to take pictures of said event please make sure you capture their smilies to post on the website. They have the same rights as the average students.
Sincerely
AZ
( a student who is friends with students in the Special Education classes. and has disabilities)
Got pic from http://prek-8.com/holiday/backtoschool/images/backtoschool_nametag1.jpg
You know when you have school wide events, and the school website . All the kids need to be represented. That means every type of learner needs to be represented at the school. If you have school wide pajama party or a Science fair or walk a jog . All kids need to be represented. Including those kids in those classrooms. You know the ones who for no fault of your own have special needs. Let me tell you a secret.
Those kids have names
Those kids enjoy having fun.
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| Az, a student who has special needs goes down a bouncy slide on her Senior Activity Day. |
Those kids want to belong to the school community
So next time u have an event Please make sure they know. please make sure they are invited. If you happend to take pictures of said event please make sure you capture their smilies to post on the website. They have the same rights as the average students.
Sincerely
AZ
( a student who is friends with students in the Special Education classes. and has disabilities)
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| AZ graduated community college with honors and a degree in Social Sciences |
Got pic from http://prek-8.com/holiday/backtoschool/images/backtoschool_nametag1.jpg
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
World CP Day 2013
I also want to thank Kate for letting me honor her son Gavin. For those of you who do not know the story. Gavin passed away this past April at five and a half years old . His family called him their super hero. For more information please visit Kate's blog to learn more about Gavin and his amazing family.
Hope you enjoy the video
Rest in peace Gavin
Have a great day everyone and remember to wear green.
Ps. Sorry if there are spelling mistakes.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
University Update
For those who read the blog and or know me offline, You know that last semester I graduated Jr. College and started University near by my house. Well what you probably are wondering is How is the transition going.
I have changed my clases a ton so now I am going part time with nine units and the department dean has already met with me and my parents and advisor, who originally said that I could stop on by whenever I want however I was going too much, So as of now I have nine units
Math for Elementary School Teachers
Linguistics
American history
Lets take a look at how I am doing in all three in those classes
Math
I hate to admit it but this class is hard. We are doing fractions and the homework has been difficult We went over the chapter review, we have a test on Friday, which I understood so maybe the test will be doable.
Linguistics
I got an A on the first test despite not having extended time because the professor did not put the test in the DSPS place. I wish that was my only complete about this professor but I have not liked them since the day they said that " All children learn language without ever being taught." When I confronted her about it she said Well all NORMAL children do. I went to her office hour and tried to expalin the mistake to her but she said it was interesting how a word changes. ( ok so she was taking about the R word) and she used crippled in her handout then defended it. If that isn't Ableist then I do not know what is. When we were learning about developmental stages she said " AZ knows that your tongue has to do gymnastics to make the sounds." = Sure bring up that up I am all ready finding some part of the topic that applies to me.
We are doing phonics now which is going alright except that some students are laughing at things and sounds which I do not find funny because well I do know It might have something to do with the fact that I been in speech for a long time and still t alk like Sh**. Oh the professor thinks sounds are interesting and K i s such a cool sound. The professor also said jokingly to another student, Well J its ok if you cant make a clicking sound but I think you can make the L sound. J finds it funny I find it offensive but again I can not do anything about it. I sit in the back of the class its a good place to doodle and zone out.
History
Well I have this right after Linguistics and it gives me something to look forward to those days. The guy is British and extremely funny. I am interested in hearing his take on the American Revolution. I enjoy his lectures.
We had a test Tuesday and I think i did alright considering that i had to take the test where people get tutoring. I am used to total quiet when doing test in fact that is why I take the test outside of class. I do not think the campus is disability friendly. There is one bright spot I have a friend that wants to be a special education teacher and has worked in the field so he 'gets' it. Now to educate more people .
:(
I have changed my clases a ton so now I am going part time with nine units and the department dean has already met with me and my parents and advisor, who originally said that I could stop on by whenever I want however I was going too much, So as of now I have nine units
Math for Elementary School Teachers
Linguistics
American history
Lets take a look at how I am doing in all three in those classes
Math
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| Never too old for a first day of school pic 8-28-13 |
Linguistics
I got an A on the first test despite not having extended time because the professor did not put the test in the DSPS place. I wish that was my only complete about this professor but I have not liked them since the day they said that " All children learn language without ever being taught." When I confronted her about it she said Well all NORMAL children do. I went to her office hour and tried to expalin the mistake to her but she said it was interesting how a word changes. ( ok so she was taking about the R word) and she used crippled in her handout then defended it. If that isn't Ableist then I do not know what is. When we were learning about developmental stages she said " AZ knows that your tongue has to do gymnastics to make the sounds." = Sure bring up that up I am all ready finding some part of the topic that applies to me.
We are doing phonics now which is going alright except that some students are laughing at things and sounds which I do not find funny because well I do know It might have something to do with the fact that I been in speech for a long time and still t alk like Sh**. Oh the professor thinks sounds are interesting and K i s such a cool sound. The professor also said jokingly to another student, Well J its ok if you cant make a clicking sound but I think you can make the L sound. J finds it funny I find it offensive but again I can not do anything about it. I sit in the back of the class its a good place to doodle and zone out.
History
Well I have this right after Linguistics and it gives me something to look forward to those days. The guy is British and extremely funny. I am interested in hearing his take on the American Revolution. I enjoy his lectures.
We had a test Tuesday and I think i did alright considering that i had to take the test where people get tutoring. I am used to total quiet when doing test in fact that is why I take the test outside of class. I do not think the campus is disability friendly. There is one bright spot I have a friend that wants to be a special education teacher and has worked in the field so he 'gets' it. Now to educate more people .
:(
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Endless Treadmill to Adulthood
Over the weekend, apart from turning 22 , I saw this and was very happy by the end of the clip. it starts at 51 seconds.
Ok so there is a couple of guys drinking beer... hay isn't one of them disabled...... is that allowed.......
My answer is why not as long and he's legal age why can't a man go to the bar and drink amongst his friends.
Well not all people think like that. On Wednesday night I had a meeting for Big Wave. Big wave is a idea for a local housing community for people with developmental disabilities. We are in the process of making a list of entry requirement and one of them was the question of Alcohol One parent spoke up and said that Who are we to take their rights away. They are adults.
I spoke up and said the same thing; however some other parents jumped in saying it was not a good idea for their disabled kids to drink.
Before I go on I want to say I see your point. You want your adult children to be safe and sometimes meds and alcohol do not mix. I see that and I do not drink a lot for this reason however, everyone should have choice. Freedom of coice is one of the perks of turning 18. Average young people have that choice when they go away to college. Why should those with disabilities be any different. Parents should talk to their kids about the dangers of drugs especially if they are on meds , but to band certain things is not fair because the people living here are adults. If you are trying to give your sons and daughters independence then you have to give them a choice of what to put into their body. Its that simple.
There is no Neverland . Their are no Peter Pans who stay a child forever. Arm your kids with information and hope for the best because that is all you can do,
Now back on the endless treadmill to adulthood
Ok so there is a couple of guys drinking beer... hay isn't one of them disabled...... is that allowed.......
My answer is why not as long and he's legal age why can't a man go to the bar and drink amongst his friends.
Well not all people think like that. On Wednesday night I had a meeting for Big Wave. Big wave is a idea for a local housing community for people with developmental disabilities. We are in the process of making a list of entry requirement and one of them was the question of Alcohol One parent spoke up and said that Who are we to take their rights away. They are adults.
I spoke up and said the same thing; however some other parents jumped in saying it was not a good idea for their disabled kids to drink.
Before I go on I want to say I see your point. You want your adult children to be safe and sometimes meds and alcohol do not mix. I see that and I do not drink a lot for this reason however, everyone should have choice. Freedom of coice is one of the perks of turning 18. Average young people have that choice when they go away to college. Why should those with disabilities be any different. Parents should talk to their kids about the dangers of drugs especially if they are on meds , but to band certain things is not fair because the people living here are adults. If you are trying to give your sons and daughters independence then you have to give them a choice of what to put into their body. Its that simple.
There is no Neverland . Their are no Peter Pans who stay a child forever. Arm your kids with information and hope for the best because that is all you can do,
Now back on the endless treadmill to adulthood
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Once upon a time
Hay guys this is a good post , but spelling may b bad as I typed on my iPhone, internet is down at my place school starts tomorrow . I still need photo for the CP montage.
By first grade this girl had really bad behavior she was diagnosed with nld . But that spring she participated in field day and got awards
In second grade she attended a new school they were able to help her and she got an Award for a nature project.
Throughout her elementary school career she won
Life skills awards
Bike rider award in third grade for particpating in sunday bike rides with her teacher, dad, and siblings.
a science fair ribbon in 5th grade
Along with trophiesand awards for neighborhood kids sports one year she won a good award from her local ayso
In middle school the student still had behavior problems but still managed to get on honor role.
She joined special olympics and began to win lots of medals over the l next eight years .
In high school she got awards as well but also developed OCD she did not want to leave high school and acted out so bad that many people did not not want her to visit she accepts full responsibility for this by the way.
She missed a lot of class her first semester of college but when she Started going to school she improved her behavior and picked up a medal that said that she graduated with honors. Out of all the awards she has received this one means the most to her.
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