Emily+Rasicot

Emily Rasicot Module 6 - Wiki Post Discussion Postings

====I found the Get Out Of The Box video to be very powerful and a very enlightening way to look at the needs and wants a person with a __disability__. I believe that there are many people with disabilities that are in the world that feel they have no voice and that they cannot speak for themselves. Because of this fear, many are still living in situations that they may not want. For example, the young woman in the video, if she did not learn to and know the questions to ask or the statements to say, she would not have gotten to even have a discussion with her "father" about moving out on her own. Moving on from that video, we see another young woman, Sabine, who had the support system and the voice to strive for what she wanted, to make a Path, to create goals for herself (with the help and assistance of others) that lead people to know what it was that //she// wanted, not what others wanted for her.==== ====Throughout the module, I kept thinking about the people that I work with in the Supported Living setting. Although we, as staff, are their to help the person complete their goals, we've always got the person and their likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses in mind what we believe may be best for them. These are individuals, like you or I, who live on their own, have their own house, their own friends, their own jobs, and we are there simply to guide them. They are able to make their own choices and we are there to be the voices for what they may not be able to say. Every person, with or without a disability needs the chance to express what it is that they want or need and know how to strive to reach the goals they have put in place for themselves.==== ====

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