MY SUPPORTS!!!!!!!!!!!






MY SUPPORTS!



If I were handicapped and in a wheel chair, unable to care for myself normally. I would need the help of my doctors, my family, a home nurse, while my husband worked and lots of friends. My environment would be set-up so that I may be able to get around in my wheel chair as well as walkers, equipment for exercise, therapists coming each day to keep my muscles active, and working them to be strong enough so that I may be able to use my upper body to grasp things, reach up and down, and roll my wheel chair. Without the help of these individuals, I would not be able to eat, cook, go to the bathroom or take care of hygiene needs.
I can relate because due to an accident back in 2003. I was not able to walk for several years. I depended solely upon my family, home nurse, and counseling in order to get through it. I know what it is to be disable, not be accepted because of being incapacitated. You would be surprised at how people look at you when you are different.

 It made such an impact on me, that when I opened my family center, six of  my twelve per shift are children who are handicapped disabled individuals. Moreover, these children are disabled in different ways, ages 3-8 and are many different cultures. I have Speech therapists, occupational therapists as well as parents and physical therapists in and out my family center every day. I have three teachers that are trained in special needs education and the environments are designed to accommodate all children and their families.  
In addition, going through a disable period has caused me to be very sensitive of children who are disable, though I am now able to walk and get around. In some ways I am still a bit different, so I completely understand people or children with disabilities and the support they may possibly need in order to be successful in education, or anything else.


I also have the support of my family while continuing my education, because a lot of the time I am not at home.  Furthermore, I am either out for an observation, doing fundraisers, going to meetings here and out of state concerning early education, or writing lesson plans for the children on all three shifts. Recently, I lost my right hand in January of this year which was my daughter. She picked up my slack when I was busy doing homework, so I have yet to hire anyone to take her place because I do not think anyone can. One being my daughter and my youngest she was my assistant director for the past 8 years. I have not quite gotten past this part yet, but I am doing interviews for the position. At first I was going to close the daycare, but  I thought about my children some of them have been here since they were one month old and some of them are now 8 years of age. I know it would be a hard transition for some. Plus I love them all so much. 

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