One of my professors gave us an assignment at the end of the hour to locate the Facebook page of Special Books By Special Kids and watch a few videos that are posted. This past Sunday evening I located the Facebook page and ended up watching two hours of video while crying on and off the whole time. First I will explain the idea behind the page. A former special education teacher (a man who happens to look like a model, which many of us female students couldn't ignore) videotaped certain lessons in his SPED class. He then began to interview other people with various disabilities and it caught on. He now travels the world to interview people from all over with many disabilities, some very rare. I must say that my tears were not from sadness. Many people that do not know or are not familiar with students with disabilities might have a tendency to think about how bad their life must be, feelings of pity. But if you befriend someone with a disability I am positive that pity will turn to gratitude, knowledge and friendship. Each person with a disability has talents, is capable of friendship, and wants friendship. The reason why I cried on and off the whole time was because of the siblings and friends. The love and care that is displayed between them is extremely moving. I did not sense that any of the devotion they were giving to each other was out of obligation, the sibling or friend without the disability truly couldn't imagine life without the person who had the disability. Many of the people interviewed have very rare disabilities but there are also numerous people with autism interviewed. No two people with Down Syndrome are the same, no two people with autism are the same and the interviewer really brings out the personality of each person being interviewed. I dare you to watch just one of these videos. You will probably end up like me, two hours later, completely enriched. Below is just one of my many favorite interviews. You can see the videos on youtube or Facebook.
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AuthorSpecial Education major in a university teaching program. Substitute teacher, previous homeschool mom, wife. Archives
September 2019
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