Disability Activities - Kassidy Norman

Throughout the semester I had the opportunity to "try on" a disability for a couple of hours. This was really eye opening to me and it was really difficult and frustrating at times but I really enjoyed being able to experience some of the different disabilities. The wheelchair really opened my eyes to a whole new world without being able to use my legs. It was frustrating at times when I trying to get to one place but there were people in the way I just wanted to get up and walk because it would've been so much easier but people who really are paralyzed can't do that and that must be very frustrating to them. The masks were interesting to me because I got to know a little bit of how it would be to not see very well. They gave me a headache and I had to have someone take notes for me. It was hard for me to not be able to see everything around me and that I was limited to my what I could see but it was interesting to know what it feels like to have that disability. The two speech ones were the most difficult and frustrating to me. Not being able to say my l's and s's was very hard to have to really think about things before I said it. The stutter was difficult as well because I felt as if people were looking at me differently and I was embarrassed. But all in all I really enjoyed these experiences and they really opened my eyes to how individuals wit disabilities must feel like and how we really need to care for them and help them feel as included in the world even though they may feel "different."