Disability Awareness Month held in a nyc public school- April 2019

 

Good day  all,

It's almost time for kids to return back to school and for educators to return back to the classroom..
 I am doing my best to keep all forms of media I use updated because I know everyone uses different forms of communication just like me  

Back in May of 2018 I met with the District 19 schools superintendent and his team to discuss my platform and my Trina Legacy Project to promote Disability Awareness Month in NYC Public Schools.

Dr Thomas did agree to have disability awareness month but we got caught up with our busy schedules and was not able to officially make it apart of the school calendar for that school year. I'll make sure that it has not been forgotten.

It meant so much to me working with kids and teaching them about "Disability Awareness" in terms of different types of disabilities and learning about being kind and respecting their peers with unique adaptive needs,

Since 2016 while in college at Kingsborough community college  I decided to do service hours for an organization called Reading Partners where I became a volunteer reading tutor  for students in the same school district 19 in which I went to elementary school right in my community. When ever I roll into the classroom and get peered with a lot a student I say to my self where was this type of program when I was in school.

Many of the students I serve are below their expected reading level and some is learning English as a second language.

Many of these students live in an unreserved community i can relate encouraging them in reading is so important

In April 2019 I reached out to My reading Partners site coordinator and told her about the work that I do as Ms Wheelchair NY 2018 and my interest in doing a disability awareness Month project..

They agreed.

Each session I did with a student through the month of April in the beginning of each session I read to the student a  book related to disabilities, making friends and being kind to someone with a disability.

Hearing the students while reading the books say  things this

wow they are in a wheelchair just like you

or they never heard of braille that helps people who are visually impaired..

made me realize how important educating and bringing awareness to kids and those around as matter

It was such a great experience and will continue to make this happen.

Thank you Reading Partners for allowing me to bring my vision into the work you do and as i do as a volunteer 


Everyday is a day to celebrate the abilities in "disabilities"


In May 2019 I hosted the First Ever disability Awareness workshop called "Not so different: Whats cool about having a disability at the Brooklyn Public Central library 

An blog will be posted when possible about the First Ever disability Awareness workshop called "Not so different: Whats cool about having a disability at the Brooklyn Public Central library 

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