How does disability affect YOUR life?

Hi,

So today I thought I would mix it up a little by instead of me writing a post from a disabled person's point of view,I would let one of my non-disabled friends write one.

I gave her one topic 'How does disability affect YOUR life?'

This is what she came up with.........  

"I have grown up with a range of different people. I have always been around disabled people. In this I will share how disability has affected me.
    
 My parents wanted me to grow up with a range of different people. I have always had contact with someone who is disabled from the age of 5. In infant school, there was the boy in my class called Joe. I can't remember what disability he had but I know he couldn't walk without a frame. Also, he was deaf, so we had to learn sign language to communicate with him.  He had a really good sense of humour and lightened the mood every day.
       
My dad was a school governor at the time, and we always used to see him in the playground. He would walk up to our classroom window and start pulling faces. The whole class would laugh and we would sign back to my dad, naughty.  This always made us laugh, and when he laughed we all laughed. Unfortunately, I had to move away, and up to Sheffield.
      
 It was that year that I met Ruthie (Me). We were in year 2. I remember when I first saw her, she was the size of the year 5s, huge smile on her face. She walked towards me. I can remember being terrified of her, but as I got to know her I realised she is just a real life version of the BFG. We became friends. However, it wasn't till around y4 when all the girls fell out, that me and ruthie became best friends. Ruthie a sense of humour is better than anyone I can think of. She makes me laugh, cry (for good reasons), and love. We have helped each other through really tough times. I have no clue what I would do without her.
       
 There was another person in our class, who had a disability. He was called Jude and had autism. At first he had to have his lessons away from us. However, overtime he behaved a lot better and by the end of y6, you could barely tell he was disabled.
       
Then, a few years ago, my auntie had a baby. From very early on, there we complications and we found out that he would have Cerebral palsy. He has had speech therapy, and therapy on the movement of his arms and legs. Now, he can talk perfectly and is amazing at football. His is only 4 years old but to us thinks like a 6 year old. He is so clever and is hilarious.
     
To me I look at disabled people and think that they are no different from you or me. I find them more amusing than most others and they are very switched on."

Personally, I believe we all have some sort of connection to disability in some shape or form, even people who are reading this now - i'm disabled sharing my views on the the internet and you are reading and hopefully thinking about it, that's a sort of connection to disability.

I would love to hear your stories! Comment them below.

Byeeeeeeeeeeee  

World Cerebral Palsy Day.............

Hi,

So sorry that I've been so inactive recently,school happened-I can't help that.

I don't know if you guys know but it is world CP day on the 7th of October, and for me it's a very special occasion as its my first proper CP day.
As it is such a momentous day, why not tell you lot my Cerebral Palsy story?

So it all started on the 16/04/03 the day that changed the world......my birthday.....(what can I say, I'm very modest.) Anyway, I was born at 28 weeks and for the first 10 weeks of my life, I lived in the Neonatal ward of Scunthorpe general hospital.

By the way it was a 12 inch doll dress

4 days after I was born

When I was about 8 Months,my Mum bought me a toy which you sit in and had different activities.It was bright green from what I remember.More to the point,Mum saw whilst I was playing my right arm got stuck in the activities. So she booked a hospital appointment.The Doctor basically they said there was nothing wrong.But but but mum knows best and a few months later they changed the diagnosis and I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy.

But after all that I'm here,It wasn't easy, but i'm here. And I am so thankful to everyone, my family for supportive, my teachers for letting me doing stuff and the doctors that have help me understand my disability.

link to World CP day website: https://worldcpday.org/   

   

 Thanks for reading 

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee