Today was filled with some cool opportunities that I am looking forward to..First, I got a call from NYLN..they are the National Youth Leadership Network..I've been involved with them since I was around 18 and got chosen to attend a conference to develop my leadership skills as a person with a disability....Now that I'm too old (by a year!) to be involved in the activities for youth...I was selected to be part of a couple committees (mentorship and public information) where we now work to plan programs and the conferences for younger people to help give them what they need to be stronger leaders.....SOOO one of the side parts of this is if you like speaking you can apply to be a resource consultant and should anyone in your area be looking for a young leader with a disability to speak on issues like advocacy, independence, disabled rights, etc...they contact NYLN who finds a match among the resource consultants and then we are hired....WELL there's an activity going on in West Palm Beach in a few weeks for 90 9th and 10th graders with disabilities called STARS (not sure on that acronym yet!) but they asked if I would speak 4 50 minute sessions on the topic of self-advocacy--how do get parents and teachers to listen to what you want and need as a young person with a disability..not only is this right up my ally of what I enjoy doing and want to do more of but it's also a great job at a good time sooo I'm happy about this!
I also talked to Andy from Blaze Sports in Tampa today and it looks like I'm going to help him run a swim clinich for kids with disabilities in April...I can't wait for this either..yeah!!! I love talking about my experiences but I love seeing kids get the chance to start in adapted sports earlier even more...this will be awesome. I'll find out more about this next week.
Besides that excitment today I did some major spring cleaning....we've been washing EVERYTHING and the dogs are none too pleased--even their toys, beds, and kennel blankets have gotten washed! They are disturbed but everything smells fresh so we're happy (they will be by tomorrow too!)..Course all this fun has been pretty darn distracting to my looming research outline..eekk!! ONE MORE DAY...I'll be ON THAT tomorrow (famous last words!)
That's all for now...I'm very proud I remembered to post tonight..OHHH I also posted some writings I've done on the life of Terri Schiavo in the FORUM SECTION...to lighten the mood I posted a cool game too that anyone can participate in...as it stands I am the LONE member which it can be saddening to talk to myself sooooo you should JOIN! Post a little or post a lot...I know there are people that visit my site from across the world...the ones I keep in contact with are really interesting and I know lots of my friends family come here too so it would be neat to get everyone together in one place so you can resopnd/interact....it's really easy and kinda relaxing...give it a whirl!
Kara
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