Hello everybody. Today my blog will be another blog about the “What if…” campaign.
I am slowly making progress with the campaign; we are at a point where the campaign now has its own Facebook page. I invite you to come and join us over there; we will be posting updates as the campaign gets rolling. Also, you can look on my personal campaign page for updates. Our goal with this page is to have everyone get together in a group and talk about disability awareness and share their stories. Your support for this page would be greatly appreciated. Like us and follow us, thank you.
We want to ultimately hold a community event where people from all walks of life can come together, hang out and share their experiences, talk about disabilities and talk about disability awareness among other things. This event will be geared towards high school students because that’s the focus of the campaign. Here we can hang out as a cohesive group, because together we can stand up for disability awareness. I said it before, but I’ll say it again, it only takes one person to change the world and if we get a bunch of people together we will change the world, we will make a difference.
Now onto another note: I want to know what you are doing for the holiday season. On Saturday, I had a family party and it was a lot of fun. We had a Chinese gift exchange; I got a $10 Dunkin’ Donuts gift card and an ornament that says peace on it. I had so much fun! As for the rest of my vacation, I am not doing much. I’m just going to relax, enjoy some Christmas cookies and do something I have never done before and that is, watch, It’s a Wonderful Life. If you’ve ever seen that movie can you comment on it? Make sure to leave two separate comments, one about the movie and one about the rest of the blog. Merry Christmas and a happy holidays and remember Christmas is the season of giving. I don’t care how you do it or who you do it for, but give something nice to someone and they might give something nice to you.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and I will see you in 2015. For now, my name is Chandler and I hope to see you back here in the very near future 🙂
Hi, Chandler, and happy belated holidays! I hope yours were relaxing and fun. I’m a little behind in your blogs, so I will combine a few of them in my comments – sorry!
This blog – you end with, ‘For now, my name is Chandler…’ What will your name be in the future? LOL.
Disability Awareness – excellent blog and campaign! It’s a long process, so know you are making small strides, even if you DO only get to one person. Obviously, I am also on a quest to educate the public (and sometimes even family) on disabilities. I like the woman’s comment about Person First Language. It all boils down to respect and not being afraid of what you don’t know. My generation didn’t have the pleasure of growing up being classmates, friends, or even around many individuals with disabilities. They weren’t a visible, participating part of society, through no fault of their own. Things are getting a little better, slowly. At least you see people with disabilities in (some) workplaces, on TV shows, in movies, and celebrities are more forthcoming about theirs. One small step I take is educating people on how offensive the ‘R’ word is. Society has come to use it as a synonym for ‘stupid’ or ‘hideous.’ In that same vein, individuals are referred to having an ‘intellectual disability,’ rather than being ‘mentally retarded.’ This changed with Rosa’s Law last year. A side note – the terminology we use is ‘Down syndrome,’ not ‘Down’s.’ It was named after Dr. John Langdon Down, who discovered a physical difference in some children with what was then called mental retardation. The medical term is Trisomy 21 (‘Tri’ meaning three – three chromosomes, versus two; ‘somy’ relating to chromosomes; and ’21’ – the extra chromosome occurs on the 21st pair.)
Keep up the awesome work, Chandler! You are a perfect example of what people with different ABILITIES can do.
Thanks again your comment, is very helpful. I’m sorry that this is a little late I just haven’t had a chance to read any of these, I’ve been very very busy. I did not know all of the facts about down syndrome that you have told me, thank you. That was very enlightening. People underestimate the disabled community, I’m happy to see that someone appreciates my work. Thanks again, Chandler.