disability project reflection.

    For our latest group presentation we were given a topic that is often avoided in conversation although it shouldn't be. The topic of disabilities should be something that is spoken about more to raise awareness about them. Many people are misinformed or not informed at all when it comes to disabilities, which leads to other problems. In this group presentation we were given three broad categories of disabilities that would be split into sub-categories that a single person would work on. We all would later come together and combine all the information about our sub-categories to make a presentation about multiple disabilities through different perspectives.

    The topics were split between mobility disabilities, brain disabilities, and spinal cord disabilities. These topics would be then related to the subject of the material given in our books; covering chapters 7-14 all in three mass power points. It was a fun way of covering the material necessary in the book while relating it to a topic that is not spoken about often although it is interesting. Me and my group were assigned the topic of spinal cord disabilities. We spoke about several types of spinal cord disabilities and just the importance of the spinal cord in general. The spinal cord is such an important part of the body just injuring one part of it can have an effect on possibly the entire body.

    

    Among those that became disabled due to their spinal cord there are paraplegics and quadriplegics. There are also those who become completely disabled from a specific part of the spinal cord and below, which are called complete spinal injury where no sensation is felt below the site of injury. And there are incomplete spinal cord injuries where some sensation does exist below the site of injury even if it is just barely any sensation at all. I am glad to have been given this topic for the disability project as I can personally relate with the topic. My late grandfather had became paraplegic after fighting in the Vietnam war and he would always ask for my help when he needed.

    Learning about the disability that put my grandfather in the position he was in was truly eye-opening for me, and taught me new things that I could never have learned before. I truly am grateful to have been given the privilege of bringing awareness to such an important topic that should be given more attention, or at least people should know more information about it to be able to empathize with those that may experiencing it. 

    Looking back, in the beginning I was a bit hesitant on where to begin with the mass of information readily available to me. But thanks to my group, I quickly cleared up the confusion and knew exactly how to go about my presentation. I never felt lost along the way and I knew I was not alone in the presentation. Working in groups is comforting and makes the workload much more bearable knowing if I stumble along the way I don't have to be shy to ask my group mates. I'm thankful to have been given the opportunity to make this presentation.

Disability Presentation Reflection by Abel Aguilera

After our first effective introduction about presentation we needed to make a second one about disabilities. We were separated into indistinguishable three gatherings from previously and everyone was allocated with various handicaps. Gathering one needed to discuss versatility and physical debilitation, spinal rope, and cerebrum disability. Gathering two needed to discuss vision, hearing, and subjective or learning inabilities. At long last gathering three needed to discuss mental disarranges and undetectable inabilities. The primary objective of this task was to make an introduction that later could be utilized by Miami Dade College to praise the Disability Awareness Month. We were given fourteen days to expand a force point introduction, a handout, a plan, an investigation direct and a banner on the handicaps doled out. 

I was in a similar gathering as in the past, bunch one. The gathering had eleven individuals, so we chose to separate the incapacities between us. Our pioneer, Camila Pena, appointed every one of us a task so we would assemble everything and toward the end, present. We chose to do voiceovers for our introduction which helped us a ton. Likewise, the vast majority of the gathering individuals talked with somebody with the incapacity they were appointed to, to clarify somewhat better how an individual with these conditions may feel. Our introduction came out great, notwithstanding, we had a ton of bothers. A portion of the gathering individuals never realized what they needed to do and didn't answer their telephones. We figured out how to put all the Power Points together and caused the introduction to occur. We utilized a great deal of pictures and clarified everything in a basic manner. Something I would have enjoyed more is somewhat a greater amount of duty and request from part of my gathering yet that is it. 

Group 2 discussed vision, hearing and intellectual or learning incapacities, an exceptionally intriguing and normal subject. Their introduction was great, they didn't include a ton of data and pictures to their slides. They related their handicaps to the all the parts and left everything clear. They likewise talked with individuals that had any of the handicaps and quickly clarified how they managed it. Like our gathering, I figure everything would have been exceptional with somewhat more association, however it is justifiable since everything that is going on this moment. 

Group 3 introduced about mental issue and imperceptible incapacities; exceptionally regular conditions present in our lives. The introduction was great generally, they clarified how the incapacity identified with their parts and how hard is having one of these inabilities. The meeting comprehended the sections and how they are identified with the handicap. The Power Point introduction contained a decent number of pictures, so the slides were not to overpowering. I figure they did a great activity. 

In general, I feel like we worked admirably, we had the option to see all the parts and how having handicap could an influence the manner in which you speak with others. In my life, I have met many individuals with various inabilities, and I have consistently had the option to frame a connection with them. I trust that Miami Dade College can utilize any of our data in the Disability Awareness Month to instruct others about how others carry on with their life and their encounters.

Disability Presentation Reflection

Daniel Diaz 

Professor Sherri 

Presentation Reflection   

    When it came to do the presentation of doing disability it was interesting. I always thought disabilities being a very touchy subject to talk about. My grandfather had multiple sclerosis, so I had someone in my family who had a disability. With doing this presentation it is good to see how people are spreading awareness of disabilities. The presentations spread awareness of disability and  shows the community how they can help. We chose the these themes for our presentation so that we show how society treats and how they show acceptance of people with disabilities.

    The presentation for my team came out excellent. Our subject on our PowerPoint was spinal cord disability. Spinal cord disability is a very serious and can be a very serious if someone ever gets injured on their spine it can be very serious even making them paralyzed if injured severely or even left in a vegetative state or being brain damaged. After this that person has to be taken care of by either loved ones or by medical care workers. In our presentation we wanted to go over what it is like for someone for someone who has a spinal cord disability.

    With the our PowerPoint it was difficult do to with my part because of how my chapter did not go with the topic of spinal cord disability. The way it is that when it comes to having a spinal cord disability it is super difficult for a person to talk or communicate with others if they have been injured. Spinal cord injuries have a lot to deal with the brain and chest area so if someone who is injured in a car accident can make a person develop problems with speech.

    My grandfather after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis went from being witnessed from my mother and uncle is that he had problems starting to  talk. He would have problems were it became hard for him to talk due the injury. After he would be tired after saying just a couple of words and he would breathe heavily. A lot of other people who I have heard from who have spinal cord injuries or know someone who has spinal cord injuries all had problems breathing.

    Hopefully we will be able to all come together in our community and help others who have a spinal cord injury because their life is harder than ours and it is good to help those who are in need of us.

Disabilities Reflection by Claudia Vega

Claudia Vega

Professor Sinkoff

SPC1017

            Disabilities is such a broad term where people have so many misconceptions due to the excessive amount of information that there is floating around. When you ask someone, what is a disability, their minds automatically go to people with physical disabilities and this is something that needs to change. My group was working with Spinal Cord, Mobility and Impairment and Brain Disability. These disabilities were great to work hand in hand in because they were very flexible in terms of being able to find information to compare and contrast them to. There was so much information about these that it is impossible to get misinformed because so many well know doctors have dedicated their lives to finding new technology to make the lives of people with disabilities easier. In my opinion, doing this project was very eye-opening and not just to learn new things about each disability but I took a step further and did research on how people lived with a disability, what their lives looked like when doing things we might take for granted like grabbing a set of keys and going on a drive, or going to the beach, or even just walking down the stairs to grab a bottle of water. This project helped me see everything from a different perspective and I really liked that about this class. This project helped me share my newly acquired knowledge with my classmates and I think they enjoyed it as much as I did. This project was a bit more hectic than the last one just because the order of the PowerPoints were harder to arrange. Something I felt that could have been better was that is we were all just were able to correctly use Microsoft PowerPoint because it became very hectic at times with the audio recording. Other than some technical difficulties and some minor miscommunication, everything seemed fine.