Wow!
I am writing this on the day the world around us is going through so much. We are kept at home most of the time due to the corna virus was are mostly on lock down. To keep my thoughts/feelings on the right path. Yes it got me worried at times but I am focusing on the light.
First this plan, dream and goal of perusing a college degree was not possible due to me having a physical disability Cerebral Palsy. Yes I may do things a little slower than others but that does not mean it's not possible! My disability is limit less.
I spent my 18 years in the NYC public school in between the special education and mainstream courses just because i needed to be in a smaller class size to focus better on my learning that was the only benefit I needed honestly. Instead they focused on the fact that I am a little girl in a wheelchair that's it!
Besides being forgotten for school trips,award ceremony and more. I got to high school. My mom was told that it's best for her to have an early meeting with the IEP team to make sure I'll be earning a local diploma and have it in writing. Since most students with disabilities are told the will earn an IEP diploma.
Hint: with such IEP diploma you are any able to be qualified to go to college or find a job. Many often later on have to go an obtain their GED! How unfair is this.
I was told college was not possible for me due to my physical disability. that's not true college is possible for students with disabilities . Although my focus after high school was focused on a career. I focused on the door that opened up from me with me advocating for my self through emails and phone calls night and day to make sure I had all the supports I needed to be able to attend college especially more hours with PCA ( home health aids)
But with all I enrolled in college in the fall of 2013 as a very much part time student only taking sometimes 1 to 2 classes a semester
They were semesters I did 3 classes and some terms i would have to withdraw from one course because it was just to much for me
Despite telling with transportation issues and working around the schedule of my workers to deciding online learning will work best for me
to the semesters i just didn't know i was strong enough to do it.. the year i took off from college because i was over it
to now be 3 weeks away from the semester ending and completing my last course which is math. the course I never thought I'll pass because I thought I couldn't process math..Hint
in schools when you are identified just as a student with disability , placed in Special education due to my mobility needs and never realized i was taught a little less then my regular peers and I realized that more as I got to college
but with my weekly tutoring sessions and professor support.. I can do anything!
I'll qualified for my associates degree after this semester how exciting
First this plan, dream and goal seem so far away from a person like me yet here I am
I am writing this on the day the world around us is going through so much. We are kept at home most of the time due to the corna virus was are mostly on lock down. To keep my thoughts/feelings on the right path. Yes it got me worried at times but I am focusing on the light.
First this plan, dream and goal of perusing a college degree was not possible due to me having a physical disability Cerebral Palsy. Yes I may do things a little slower than others but that does not mean it's not possible! My disability is limit less.
I spent my 18 years in the NYC public school in between the special education and mainstream courses just because i needed to be in a smaller class size to focus better on my learning that was the only benefit I needed honestly. Instead they focused on the fact that I am a little girl in a wheelchair that's it!
Besides being forgotten for school trips,award ceremony and more. I got to high school. My mom was told that it's best for her to have an early meeting with the IEP team to make sure I'll be earning a local diploma and have it in writing. Since most students with disabilities are told the will earn an IEP diploma.
Hint: with such IEP diploma you are any able to be qualified to go to college or find a job. Many often later on have to go an obtain their GED! How unfair is this.
I was told college was not possible for me due to my physical disability. that's not true college is possible for students with disabilities . Although my focus after high school was focused on a career. I focused on the door that opened up from me with me advocating for my self through emails and phone calls night and day to make sure I had all the supports I needed to be able to attend college especially more hours with PCA ( home health aids)
But with all I enrolled in college in the fall of 2013 as a very much part time student only taking sometimes 1 to 2 classes a semester
They were semesters I did 3 classes and some terms i would have to withdraw from one course because it was just to much for me
Despite telling with transportation issues and working around the schedule of my workers to deciding online learning will work best for me
to the semesters i just didn't know i was strong enough to do it.. the year i took off from college because i was over it
to now be 3 weeks away from the semester ending and completing my last course which is math. the course I never thought I'll pass because I thought I couldn't process math..Hint
in schools when you are identified just as a student with disability , placed in Special education due to my mobility needs and never realized i was taught a little less then my regular peers and I realized that more as I got to college
but with my weekly tutoring sessions and professor support.. I can do anything!
I'll qualified for my associates degree after this semester how exciting
First this plan, dream and goal seem so far away from a person like me yet here I am
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