So I have been going to the dentist for a while now. As of right now, I go to a pediatric dentist. Its pretty cool u can play videogames or watch movies while getting your teeth cleaned. Its a great place to go however CP makes it a little bit hard. So I thought I give you guys an insiders view of going to the dentist With CP.
Disclaimer: CP effects every kid differently so while going to the dentist is hard for me it may not be hard for someone with CP whose mouth is not effected.
Now I am pretty mobile so getting into the chair is not a big deal for me but i think someone who has more mobily challenges with CP may need help getting into the dentist chair.
Open up
Ok so opening up is really hard for me because of CP. My mussels are really tight so its easier for me to keep my jaw closed. Which means talking and opening up wide is a challenge. I also have a bite reflex which means I may bite down if someone puts something near my mouth.
A solution
a bite block_ I do not like using this
Not having me keep my mouth open for a long period of time. So when it comes to flossing my teeth which I do not do a lot more in another post The dentist may floss a couple of teeth then let me close my mouth before reaping it. As I have gotten older I have tried to keep my mouth open for long periods of time I can do it but it takes a lot of effort.
X-rays
X-rays are really hard for me to do so sometimes I need to go under ( if I have a cavity) so they take them then
So parents self advocates how is the dentist for you or your child. Do you have any tips to share?
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Jesse
I wish I could actually have the chance to meet Jesse . He has two vary famous parents and lived in boston. That is right folcks Jesse is no longer on this earth. He died January of 2005 in his sleep. The book is his life story told from the perspective of his Mom (Marianne Cooper)
Jesse like me had Cerebral Palsy and it was peaty severe. He had to use a wheelchair , was non-verbel and had terrible seizes which were the thing that ultimately killed him. For everything that Jesse had going against him he had lots going for him. He had supportive parents a normal intelligence level and a wicked sense of humor. He wrote poetry and learned Greek as a high schooner and was inclusive education for most of his schooling. Through the book readers will get a chance to know Jesse and how learn how amazing people with Cerebral Palsy are. If you have not had a chance to read this book make sure you get it. I enjoyed it so much and wish that I could have meet him on this earth. It was really great reading Knowing Jesse and I hope you will read it soon.
Jesse was in the world CP montage that I made last month for world CP day (September 4)
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Monday, October 1, 2012
Get it down 31 for 21
So today is the first day of October meaning its Disability Awareness month. So in order to celebrate I am doing a 31 for 21 in which I will blog every day for down syndrome. Which will include more Able to go to college videos along with summer photos.
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So why I am blogging for DS when I have CP.
Well why not I have a disability and have lots of friends with DS including LM who you will hear about during the month. He's been my friend since I was ten and although we do not get together often he I enjoy the time we spend together. Lately LM me and his "brother" his best friend who also has an extra chromosome all hang out together.
So are you blogging for DS awareness month? Any fun stuff planed for this month let me know. If you are doing some fun things and take photos I would love to see them you can post them to my Facebook page or email me at azchapman1991@gmail.com . Who knows you may be asked to write up something about it to be featured (with your permission) on the blog which shows the world that All people with disabilities have more abilities then disabilities.
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So why I am blogging for DS when I have CP.
Well why not I have a disability and have lots of friends with DS including LM who you will hear about during the month. He's been my friend since I was ten and although we do not get together often he I enjoy the time we spend together. Lately LM me and his "brother" his best friend who also has an extra chromosome all hang out together.
So are you blogging for DS awareness month? Any fun stuff planed for this month let me know. If you are doing some fun things and take photos I would love to see them you can post them to my Facebook page or email me at azchapman1991@gmail.com . Who knows you may be asked to write up something about it to be featured (with your permission) on the blog which shows the world that All people with disabilities have more abilities then disabilities.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Dear Princess : A disabled older sister's letter to her younger sister upon leaving the house
Grad party June 2012 |
For those of you that have been reading a long time. My youngest sister and I do not get along that well so it would seem that when she left for college I would not feel soo sad .
Thats
Not
True
So today my sister is on a plane heading for Oregon where she will be attending college. Her major is undecitead yet she is ready to take off. Book gal and I will stay behind this year as book gal will be going to a JC this year and I am still at the same JC I was last semester.
Dear Princess.
Halloween 1994 Big Bro ,Princess, Book Gal and AZ |
It seems funny to think that I am still here. But a lot of things about me being the older sister have been funny. Growing up with developmental disabilities is hard but it must be harder for you to be the younger sister of a older sister with disabilities. You have had to become elder, yet be younger then me by age. You have had to explain to other s why I talk funny and yell so loud and am prone to bouts of anxiety. I am sorry that you had to experience these things and become afraid of my behavior at times. To be honest I was hoping that we would have a better relationship before you left home, yet I know I am hard to deal with. I want you to know that although I have not been the easyiest sister to grow up alongside with I love you so much. I hope you enjoy Oregon and have a great life you are a special young lady who is a great motherly figure to your younger friends. You are ready to be an adult. I need some time but I will get there. I love you soooooooo much.
much love,
AZ
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AZ Big Bro and princess 1994 |
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Birthday Blues
So today is my 21st b day. I live in the US which means that at 21 I could go to a bar and get achole and maybe a little tipsy
But because I have no friends it makes it impossible of course having Facebook helps a ton people from all over wishing me happy b day yet no one is coming later to celebrate and at 21 family just doesn't cut it. Oh Well....
My dream for my next b day is having a group of really good friends to celebrate with possibly a bf but i think that is asking to much.
Happy b Day to me
But because I have no friends it makes it impossible of course having Facebook helps a ton people from all over wishing me happy b day yet no one is coming later to celebrate and at 21 family just doesn't cut it. Oh Well....
My dream for my next b day is having a group of really good friends to celebrate with possibly a bf but i think that is asking to much.
Happy b Day to me
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Its World CP Day
First off I want to thank all the fellow self advocates and parents who gave me some photos for the montage/ I kept moving the deadline farther and farther. I loved seeing all these photos of everyone. Please feel free to share this video with people on your own blogs its all about awareness. This is so cool because people with CP finally get a day to raise awareness and come together as a community It is great to know that I am not alone in dealing with CP. I had soo much fun doing this so I think its safe to say that I will be doing this next year . Offline the fun counties as I have class and ST and then CP Day dinner. If anyone local wants to come email me azchapman1991@gmail.com and I will give u details. For now enjoy the video.
What did you think of the video? Are you guys celebrating World CP Day offline?
Happy first annual World Cerebral Palsy Day
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Palsy photos
Hay guys so September fourth is World CP Awareness day and to celebrate I am having a photo montage email me a photo by next Sunday
azchapman1991@gmail.com
I want to make this the best montage ever so please spread the word.
The video will be out September fourth so remember to check back then
azchapman1991@gmail.com
I want to make this the best montage ever so please spread the word.
The video will be out September fourth so remember to check back then
Monday, August 13, 2012
Able to go to college episode five: Test Time
So this was the first test of the semester ( which is ironic considering next week is my first day back)
Anyway
In college I am in regular classes( of course) but because of my disability I get to take my take in a special place called DSPS.
DSPS is a resource for college students with disabilities almost every college has one. In my college I have an accommodation form that I give to the teachers that basically says that I have a disability and need accommodations. Accommodations vary from person to person but for the most part every student with a disability will need extended time on test. At my college extend time on test comes with double time ( a 30 minute test = 1 hour) or time and a half does anyone know? I think I have double time. This does not mean that I have unlimited time cuz i do not I just have more time to think about the test material. And there is no cheating allowed
For this test I t was on the human cell which was a hard test but luckily I had a study group meeting at my house so I studied well. I got a B.
Do you know the parts of our cells |
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Friday, August 10, 2012
Today numeber of the day is
That is how old Princess is today that is so crazy can't believe she is an adult happy b day princess
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Respect
R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to me
Thanks, glad you want to know. It started earlier today I was watching the US women's soccer with my parents they were in the gold place medal round in the Olympics and they won today 2-1 like many proud Americans I was proud that we won. Why shouldn't I? I was born in the US I love soccer especially watching it on the big screen as was the case today.
Then their was the medal ceremony. Then it hit me like a fist. Disabled athletes do not get the same respect as average people. There they were with their matching warm up atire amongst the fans that were cheering for them that I was able to see 100 miles away on the big screen.
The Olympics feels so much more poignant to me because I am able to see it on TV on a major channel I was able to watch the opening ceremonies and most of the events on tv. They were on in every restaurant that I went to over these past two weeks. My parents recored via DVR. I was never able to do it this during last years World Special Olympics Summer games, nor do I believe I will able to watch the para olympics in the next two weeks. This really pisses me off. I did some research and I found that in 2008 the Us broadcasted a two hour pice on the para olympics. Ok so you broadcast two weeks for the US but two hour pice on para olympics. I know you can find it online but you really have to look, but it is bluntly obvious that the olympics are on.
Why wasn't Oscar known in the US before the London olympics he was obviously a great athletes .? He was not known because the para olympics are not broadcast in the US.
I am not saying that Hope Solo, Michael Phelps, and the rest of the US olympic team do not deceive our respect. I am proud of all of them. I am saying that disabled athletes who represent team USA should also become households names .
I am a athlete and I am Normal
Thanks, glad you want to know. It started earlier today I was watching the US women's soccer with my parents they were in the gold place medal round in the Olympics and they won today 2-1 like many proud Americans I was proud that we won. Why shouldn't I? I was born in the US I love soccer especially watching it on the big screen as was the case today.
Then their was the medal ceremony. Then it hit me like a fist. Disabled athletes do not get the same respect as average people. There they were with their matching warm up atire amongst the fans that were cheering for them that I was able to see 100 miles away on the big screen.
Got this off of Facebook its to good not to share with u all |
Why wasn't Oscar known in the US before the London olympics he was obviously a great athletes .? He was not known because the para olympics are not broadcast in the US.
I am not saying that Hope Solo, Michael Phelps, and the rest of the US olympic team do not deceive our respect. I am proud of all of them. I am saying that disabled athletes who represent team USA should also become households names .
I am a athlete and I am Normal
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Why people with CP should be able to be Special Olympics athletes
I know the title is a mouth full. But at least you know what I am talking about. :)
athletes
So I have been competing in Special Olympics for a while now. Since 2005, seven whole years, and all of that time I have never had a intellectual disability my area program does not have Unified Sports, yet I still compete with people with intellectual disabilities. I have won medals and received ribbons.
Now I know special olympics is for people with intellectual disabilities and some times I feel guilty for competing.
When I was little I had no need for specialize sport because I was able to play with kids in neighborhood programs. I played soccer every fall with AYSO in the mainstreamed program. I have memories of orange slices and team banners . This was great for a couple of years but then reality of physical disabltiy set in. It started with my parents holding me back a year so I was the eldest person on the team. ( A team for girls under 8 i would turn nine.) It also helped that I was held back a year in preschool( another post ) so I played with a lot of kids in my class. I did this almost every year; however, when I was in 5th sixth grade my dad did not sign me up because I was not ready and could not keep up. I remember feeling sad and angry that fall because it broke a tradition I had.
Around that time I started participating in church basketball but i was never on the A team. I was always on the developmental team for girls. It was all typical peers but I never made a basket till eighth grade
In third grade my sister signed up for t ball but my dad refused to sign me up because he felt that I would get hurt. I was a die hard baseball fan and often accompanied my dad to giants games as well as my brother game. I was so sad but managed to be bat girl and the coach gave me something at the end of the game. When I played in fith and sixth grade I was one of the worst kids and in sixth grade I knew I was being left out. That was my last time playing softball.
All throughout middle and high school I would try out for school sports. And every time I would be cut from the team.
In seventh grade my friend invited me to join special olympics swimming and for the first time in my athletic career I could win races that gave me self esteem. I told my favorite teacher about it which led to a tradition of telling my teachers how I did in sports. After competing in golf summer 2007 I was able to join my high schools practice team. Special Olympics allowed me to discover a new sport and allow me to join in on high school sports. I was on the practice team all three years and only played in one match, yet I was able to train with my high school
I am sharing my story because I would like for Special Olympics to consider welcoming athletes with physical disablties into the world of sport. I know there are more AZ's out there who are die hard sports fans living with physical disabilities. The para olympics is made for athlete with physical disabilities, yet they are no local training events so the kids wind up trying to compete with there peers and always coming in last or making their team lose. As I got older i used to feel guilty on regular teams because I thought I was making the teams come in last
athletes
So I have been competing in Special Olympics for a while now. Since 2005, seven whole years, and all of that time I have never had a intellectual disability my area program does not have Unified Sports, yet I still compete with people with intellectual disabilities. I have won medals and received ribbons.
Now I know special olympics is for people with intellectual disabilities and some times I feel guilty for competing.
When I was little I had no need for specialize sport because I was able to play with kids in neighborhood programs. I played soccer every fall with AYSO in the mainstreamed program. I have memories of orange slices and team banners . This was great for a couple of years but then reality of physical disabltiy set in. It started with my parents holding me back a year so I was the eldest person on the team. ( A team for girls under 8 i would turn nine.) It also helped that I was held back a year in preschool( another post ) so I played with a lot of kids in my class. I did this almost every year; however, when I was in 5th sixth grade my dad did not sign me up because I was not ready and could not keep up. I remember feeling sad and angry that fall because it broke a tradition I had.
Around that time I started participating in church basketball but i was never on the A team. I was always on the developmental team for girls. It was all typical peers but I never made a basket till eighth grade
In third grade my sister signed up for t ball but my dad refused to sign me up because he felt that I would get hurt. I was a die hard baseball fan and often accompanied my dad to giants games as well as my brother game. I was so sad but managed to be bat girl and the coach gave me something at the end of the game. When I played in fith and sixth grade I was one of the worst kids and in sixth grade I knew I was being left out. That was my last time playing softball.
All throughout middle and high school I would try out for school sports. And every time I would be cut from the team.
In seventh grade my friend invited me to join special olympics swimming and for the first time in my athletic career I could win races that gave me self esteem. I told my favorite teacher about it which led to a tradition of telling my teachers how I did in sports. After competing in golf summer 2007 I was able to join my high schools practice team. Special Olympics allowed me to discover a new sport and allow me to join in on high school sports. I was on the practice team all three years and only played in one match, yet I was able to train with my high school
I am sharing my story because I would like for Special Olympics to consider welcoming athletes with physical disablties into the world of sport. I know there are more AZ's out there who are die hard sports fans living with physical disabilities. The para olympics is made for athlete with physical disabilities, yet they are no local training events so the kids wind up trying to compete with there peers and always coming in last or making their team lose. As I got older i used to feel guilty on regular teams because I thought I was making the teams come in last
Monday, July 30, 2012
Able to go to college Episode Four: Cars and Hearts
So this week i will be blogging about the week of Valintes day (2012). I really think that my dog knew it was Valinties day because when I woke up this morning I found her on my parents's bed looking as cute as ever. I had a good day at school and to make things swet one of my acquences drove me home that dad. He was not dating so he coined the term Single Awainess day I like that (esp since I have never had a boy friend) My dad came home that day and found a note that said that AZ had to unload the dish washer. I had seen this note but I had "forgot" to fallow though. My dad was home so I had to listen to the note aw well. Luckily I have a great tip for doing the dishes which u can see in the video.
So the second half of the video highlights a constant struggle between my parents and me. I want to try driving. Now I tried driving a little my senior year, yet I was no where near ready. Unforntaly my parents do not think I am ready so for now I am stuck to taking public trasnit, bus. I hate the bus. The main reason is that a bus confines you to a se. Taking the bus means that if you miss the bus you have to wait for the next one. The bus that I take runs once every hour so if I miss it I have to miss at least ten minutes of class. This was the case in the second half of the video. I am only 20 so I think I have still have time to learn how to be behind the wheel.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Help them become Leaders of the pack
These three actors are the stars of a internet soon to be TV show called leaders of the pack They need our help in terms of votes to vote u need
1. GO TO: http://
2. SCROLL DOWN to RICHARD REDLIN
3. CLICK VOTE! on right hand side
if they get enough votes they can be on TV that would be cool
Lauren Potter and AZ fall 2010 |
Monday, July 16, 2012
It still hurts
My Dog lights up my world |
Let me start off by saying that I had a great fourth of july week. I went to a firework show at the local elementary school and had a great time. During the fireworks i saw some people from high school and said hi and instead of turning around they left me. Actually everyone left me and there was no room to sit because spots were taken. I end up sitting next to people from my high school and afterwords there was a party at the girl's house but guess who was not invited. I keep on plugging away and walked home. Despite this I had a great time overall because hay I have not had great friends for most of my life so I guess one to say that I am used to it by now.
It still hurts
On the fourth of July we had a party at Sacramento and I saw my cousin who is two years old . She is the same one that I wrote a poem for before she was born. My cousin lets call her K told princess that she could baby sit. I offered to babysit because hay I like kids and she is a cutie pie. K says no but i could baby sit with D our other cousin. D says no way. K says the chaperone needs a chaperon I shut down then people asked me whats wrong. I say nothing because of course I am known as AZ the one who runis things for everyone involved and I am trying to change that . I told my mom what was bothering me but she does not understand because She asked my sister to watch over me if she moved to sacramento. HELLO ? I can take care of my self. Yeah I can not cook or do my hair but that is what hats are for and I can microwave stuff. I want to be independent how do you think I feel when I hear these things terrible. I am not a kid anymore I am almost 21. Man its so hard to be me. I feel like a round peg going into a square hole. I have a hard time fitting in with peers, disabled and average, and I am still a "Kid". Yet I still smile and try to be happy because after all these things are commonplace for me.
It still hurts
Heading back home ater the fourth of July |
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Independence Day 2012
Happy 4th
Disclaimer America still is not free for everyone blacks disabled immigrants but it has come a long way since 1776 so I guess its ok to celebrate. I went to see fireworks last night and i am going to my Aunts house today. pictures will fallow soon
Ps yesterday was my Dad's birthday Happy b day dad
Disclaimer America still is not free for everyone blacks disabled immigrants but it has come a long way since 1776 so I guess its ok to celebrate. I went to see fireworks last night and i am going to my Aunts house today. pictures will fallow soon
Ps yesterday was my Dad's birthday Happy b day dad
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Parents with Cerebral Palsy - Documentary
This gives me so much hope for the future I want to be a mother
Monday, June 18, 2012
Able to go to college episode three :Basketball- one of my favoite sports
I know what you are thinking how does this relate to college answer it is weekend edition. You know all work and no play......... well I do not know the rest but here it is. My number is number 11. I really love playing in this tourment. In my area there are two gyms for basketball but one practice site for all other sports so for me this means that I played against all my friends who are my team mates in other sports like track and soccer. I also have my HMB hoop buds one of them also goes to my school. In the fall more people from my team will go to my college which will make for an interesting time ( hint not all of them are my friends)
I know second question
What's that on your arm?
Thanks I thought u never ask.
All the colors. I have a white and black one I want the orange one |
The white thing on my arm is called a Sniffle Buddy. Now some people with CP, me include , have the tendency to drool. Now when I was younger I drooled a lot I mean I could have filled a cup with salvia from my mouth and I am not talking about when I was a baby i am talking about school aged. Now that I am older I have good days, where no drool comes and I have bad days when drool comes out. In high school I began to spit on people when I talked but I did not drool oh the wonders of CP.
Now one of my pet peeves is seeing a school age kid wearing a bib. I mean hello bib are for babies not for older kids. I do not care what kind of bib you may get it still looks babyish and it will make fitting in with other kids harder then it already is. A great solution to this is to use a bandana or a Sniffle Buddy,
A sniffle buddy resembles a bracelet, It is made out of bamboo and it works. I love my sniffle buddy it helps me control the drool also if i forget to grab a napkin during it mealtimes helps me as well. Sniffle Buddies also are for allergies and sports which means that it is not specifically designed for people with disabilities; however it works. It is also green because instead of throwing napkins away you just put it into the wash so that is what i am wearing on my arm.
On a different note today I begin summer school so this might be the last Able to go to college video for a while.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Happy Fathers Day
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
America its time to listen
As many of you long time readers know, in my youth I was a Toy Story fan. I have seen the movie so many times that I know all the lines and when I can not sleep on occasion I play the first couple of scenes in my head.
In this movie there is a claw at the Arcade and when Buzz Lighter goes into the claw game and asks for the boss the Aliens say
" The claw is our master He decides who will go and who will stay."
Woody says " This is ludicrous"
Woody has always been my favorite character and as a adult I agree with him.
I am not just quoting Toy story for fun there is a meaning. Back in 2006 around Christmas time NPR released a story about Misty Cargill a women who was 25 years old had a boyfriend and worked at a job and loved bowling. She also needed a Kidney transplant. So she needed to be placed in a metaphorical "claw game. Only this time the claw game is made up of many people, doctors who deiced that she would be better stay put with the kidney she had because she had an Intellectual disability. On Sunday Misty died at 31 years old. 31 when my parents were that age they were just starting on their careers and raising a family.
The report in 2006 says that she did not get denied based on discrimination. I say that is not true. Six years later another girl with ID was denied to have a transplant surgery because of ID.
I am tired of this. I am tired of people saying that disabled people are not worth the same type of medical help as our able body counterparts. I am saddened that there is a possibility that one day society will have wiped out people like me. I can not imagine the day when their is parental testing for Cerebral Palsy and that parents are forced to terminate. It could happened. It already happens for conditions like Down Syndrome. People are trying to find the cause of Autism and I do not have to be a genius to figure out what is next. Soon there will be a test for that as well. Society needs to stop trying to find cures for disabilities. Instead we need to have more conversations about inclusion and respect. That will not happened around here because where I live kids with Intellectual disabilities are segregated in separate classrooms. or when they are mainstream they have bad teachers who are invested in making sure inclusion fails. This is not in the south in the 1940's this is 2012 where we have a black president but the problems still happened. Wake up America lets start a conversation with people with disabilities about how we want to shape our future. Let it be broadcast on TV and online. Lets start talking about what needs to be done by listening to the people that live with the disability every day . Let's talk now before it's to late.
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In this movie there is a claw at the Arcade and when Buzz Lighter goes into the claw game and asks for the boss the Aliens say
" The claw is our master He decides who will go and who will stay."
Woody says " This is ludicrous"
Woody has always been my favorite character and as a adult I agree with him.
I am not just quoting Toy story for fun there is a meaning. Back in 2006 around Christmas time NPR released a story about Misty Cargill a women who was 25 years old had a boyfriend and worked at a job and loved bowling. She also needed a Kidney transplant. So she needed to be placed in a metaphorical "claw game. Only this time the claw game is made up of many people, doctors who deiced that she would be better stay put with the kidney she had because she had an Intellectual disability. On Sunday Misty died at 31 years old. 31 when my parents were that age they were just starting on their careers and raising a family.
The report in 2006 says that she did not get denied based on discrimination. I say that is not true. Six years later another girl with ID was denied to have a transplant surgery because of ID.
America needs to listen to its disabled citizens |
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alien
http://johnlange.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/toy-story-aliens.jpg
clipart
http://cdn2.fotosearch.com/bthumb/IMZ/IMZ164/rco0030.jpg
Monday, June 11, 2012
Able to go to college Episode two : Top of the hill
So guys sorry about the long wait but at long last I have a new Episode for you guys. This episode is an important one because it shows a myth that i had about college when I was a senior.
This is what I thought awaited me after high school I was so wrong |
High school was tons of fun for me I mean we had ralles Senior Activity Day among other things. At home I had video games and tv and stuff to keep me entertained.
One of the big myths that I had was that once you graduate high school you do not have any fun.
Oh how wrong I was.
Two year later I know that is not the case. As you can see there was rock climbing on the college campus for a day. Last fall I went on the rock wall but on that day I did not go on the rock wall. As far as videogames go I still play them like I did in high school. Although I must admit I do not have as much time to play because in college, I am in a general education program, I have tons of homework and stuff to do. Its only the third week of school and I am having this much fun who knows what fun awaits me the rest of the semester.
No fun sign
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Proof of focus
So today I had ST. ( yeah I know u need able to go college videos ) and we were doing a reading that we got from IMOB about RJ Mitte , an actor with CP who plays someone with CP on Braking bad. Today we were working on breathing and how to do it when u have a long sentience without commas This was the sentience.
" RJ Mitte was using acting as a means to build friendship with kids his own age while living in a new city."
Now this is a hard one and The ST said that there were three easy pauses my job was to discover them.
I came up with this
" RJ Mitte was using acting as a means to build friendship with kids his own age while living in a new city.
its a transition word i said
The ST was sooooo Happpy.
See not only have I been on Dean's list I remember what Ms.S said.
" RJ Mitte was using acting as a means to build friendship with kids his own age while living in a new city."
me taking a break from writing summer 2005 |
Now this is a hard one and The ST said that there were three easy pauses my job was to discover them.
I came up with this
" RJ Mitte was using acting as a means to build friendship with kids his own age while living in a new city.
its a transition word i said
The ST was sooooo Happpy.
See not only have I been on Dean's list I remember what Ms.S said.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Talking and understanding are not mutally exculsive
Lets say a genius who spoke Latin were to come to the United States. Now lets just say for the sake of the argument that there was no one elese who spoke Latin. Is the genius still a genius. Of course many people would say he just needs needs to learn English. Well what if there was a person who could not speak at all and had no device, could he be a genius?
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It angers me as a person living with a speech delay when I hear someone who has no speech due to disabilities, especially CP, and do not have any device and are placed as limited intellecual ability. It really angers me because the person does not have a opportunity to prove there intellengence one way or the other. Why am I pissed off let me tell you my story.
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I was born September 1991 a month prematurely resulting in mild Cerebral Palsey. As a newborn I could not suck from a bottle to well a feeding tube was placed though my thoat so I could eat. When my parents took me home I had a hard time breast feeding and my mom had to pump her milk out and put it in a bottle. My mussles were soo weak that feeding took forever.
When I was a toddler I had diffculty communicating. I leaned sign langue to comincate. I remeber saying and signing craker in the kitchen. Useing signing I was able to express my wants and needs until my speech came along.
With me and my speech imparment repeating words is frustrating espacaly when no one understands me. I hear myslef specaking clearly, My mind makes the ideas and the words that come out are fuzzy. I rember saying answers in class being told I was wrong and someone said the same thing and got it right. That means that I got the anser right.
Now for me I have a voice . Its not the best but its a voice. As frustrated as I must feel it must be ten times more frustrating for people without a voice. I feel for those people and can not igmane being inside and not having a way to commicate and because of not being able to comincate getting llabled as worthless. Having the school system write you off being isolated from your peers. Being talked to in a high pitch voice every day when you are not a kid. Then because of your phiscal limitations being labled as being as smart as a toddler. That is not fair nor is it right. I know all about history understand spainsh and english have a talent for writing can play chess yet I can not say the L R K G sound esaly. Does that me not smart no. Now igmane if i could not talk or had a device yes I would not be able to write read and play chess not because I was not smart but because i had not had the oppertunites to learn. If you are reading this and have a child who can not communicate my advice is to go to the ends of the earth for your kid, Buy the i pads the dynvoxs help your child find their voice. If your the parent or know someone whoes older who can not commmicate do the same thing. The sonner you get it the better but do not give up on an older person in fact you need to get the information them faster to make up for loss time. In the meantime contiue talking to the person as would with a person as there cronolical age. ( So obsouly talk to a baby like a baby
All pepole deves a chance to connect with others. It does not matter how smart they are everyone wants to connect with others. Think about it this way if the person is said to have an intellecual disablity and you talk to them about stuff that is to hard for them then they it will be to hard, but if the child is smart but has not fond their voice they will obseve it like a sponge. Please remeber speech is very conplex and hard but the spoken word is the end result. The process may still be in place.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
an essay I wrote for class on my mom
Shortly after Rosa Parks gave up her seat, a vice chancellor was born; however, when she was younger no one could have imagined it because they were female, African American and lived in the same state that the Boycott took place in, Alabama. This is my own mother who had to overcome insurmountable odds to get to where she is today and this is her story.
My mom was born on a June day. She is daughter of . My grandmother was a country girl who was the daughter of sharecroppers, a system developed by former slave owners in which black people who got very little money for the crops they produced and were trapped on the land. My grandma was born in the 30’s during the depression which made it especially hard for her family to get ahead. My Grandfather lived on the farm in Alabama which his grandfather, who was freed by the slaves as a had bought.
My mom was brown in a time period where her mom was inevitably referred to as a girl and her dad was always a boy. Because of the color of their skin, my grandparents endured segregation. In my mom’s neighborhood was all black and whenever my mom went to town with her mom she was exposed to the bomb mine of the ways of white people. My mom remembers asking my grandmother why she had to cross the street for white people. My mom remembers hearing my grandmother telling her about that at work, as a cook she was forced to go through the back door. her job as a cook for white people, yet home was still home for my mother. When she was born she already had four siblings, that all attended segregated schools, to look out for her. My mom also grew up with both set of grandparents to look out for her.
The pivotal movement that would allow my mom and her siblings to reach their fullest potential came when my grandpa moved the family to California. It came shortly after my mom turned five. My grandpa moved the family because he was in the military and had to pick between Texas and California. He chose California because he had already had relatives there. I am forever grateful that my grandpa chose California because without that choice I would not be here.
One day when my grandma was helping my mom study she told her that she could be a doctor because she was so smart. My mom did not actually believe her. Even though my mom could attend the public school in California she had never thought that she could be a doctor because there were no African American doctors in Sacramento. Still life was good in the state capital. My grandma and grandpa became really busy when they moved to California. Grandpa continued to work at McClellan Air Force Base in North Highlands. My grandmother, who knew that education was the key to a better future, got her teaching credential while raising her five kids and working. By the time my mom graduated from high school after three years she already had siblings that had been in the college system. My mom decided to go to University of the Pacific in Stockton which was close to her parents and little brother, who is a decade younger than she.
The future vice chancellor of diversity for UCSF graduated from UOP she went to medical school at UCSF. She spent a year in Los Angles, yet she would return to UCSF for her residency. In residency one of her black professors encourage her to go into academic medicine. This choice would ground her for a very long time.
In residency my mom met a handsome half white half Mexican man who was the eldest of six children. He also had an interesting story. This man, my father, was a wise soul who loved to read. He was from a poor family and was born in Oregon. He was the only person to graduate from high school. He also came with a little boy, from his first marriage, who was cute funny and enjoyed Ninja Turtles and baseball. Although my father was a different race and had a kid, she fell in love and the couple soon got married.
Shortly after my parents married. The best thing that happened to them was born. I was born a few months shy of their one year anniversary. I was the first child that my mother had actually carried around for eight months, I was born prematurely. When I was born Natalie Cole’s “Unforgettable” was playing in the delivery room. My mom had thought that that song was predicting the unforgettable stuff that I would do. It turned out that it was the song both mother and daughter would live up to.
A year after I was born doctors told my parents that I had Cerebral Palsy. My mom got me all the help I needed, yet she never gave up her work. I was joined by two little sisters that would serve as good teachers for me as I got older, but until then that meant she had three little kids at home the eldest had disabilities. Most people would have given up their jobs to care for their disabled toddler, but my mom never did take off more than she had . During this time my mom worked at two sites, taking care of patients and doing research, Mymom and dad found the best nanny’s to care for us and they would assume all parental duties during the day. Growing up I wished that my mom had been a Stay at home mom, yet I am glad she did not because America needed her to work.
When I was seven years old it was the down of a new millennium and the first time that my mother would become a leader who championed the rights of minorities, That year she would become chief of staff at UCSF. Soon after that she was promoted to associate dean of the medical school. She would be a there for a while. She also became involved in her community outside the hospital. She joined the Commission on disabilities and the compassion on the status of women. She also started began to travel a lot. When I was in middle school my mom began traveling to Washington DC to be on the board on women in medicine and science, The national board challenges the fact that not a lot of women are in leadership roles yet they were more women in medicine. All of this meant travelling advocating and doing countless hours of writing and practicing long into the night.
In the fall of 2010 my mom interviewed for the vice chancellor of diversity. She got the position. My family and I were so excited. Last January we went to a ceremony honoring her work. Going to the event made me realize her impact that she had in her professional life. She became the first female African American vice chancellor in the University of California system. During that time my mom has implemented programs that improve the diversity at UCSF .
Mom is a hard worker, She began working at the age of 16 and has not looked back since. Renee is so wonderful and amazing. She has won numerous of awards and recognition . My mom has shown me that with hard work anything is possible. She has shown me the racism can be overcome and we must keep fighting until everyone has a fair shot at life. She is my mom and I am so honored that her blood runs through my veins. When I think of her accomplishments I feel proud to call her my mom. She has showed me through her actions, those are bigger than words, anyone can make a difference in the lives of others.
Happy mothers day to al the mom's out there
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