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It was hard because most of the time like
in elementary school, the principal didn't listen to my mom when she would say, "Oh,
she doesn't need this; oh, she needs this."
Because I was taking medicine throughout, from the time I was ten to now for my seizure medication.
And if I had a seizure during school, they wouldn't' know what the plan was for, or they
would, the principal would like didn't really understand people with disabilities.
So it would be like, it would be, she just really didn't understand IEPs very well.
So with my, like I had a seizure and it was in there.
She just really didn't care.
Which is sad in a way.
School was, what school was like for me was very hard because I was picked on and, when
I was in school.
And people just didn't understand me.
They, they would use, they just didn't understand people with disabilities to the full extent.
And they would just use what they saw to pick on people with disabilities.
And I was - through that it was hard on the other hand because I stayed a couple extra
years in high school to get my high school diploma, or my GED.
My mom didn't want me to drop out just because of my disability.
She actually wanted me to make a life for myself.
And that, that involves having a high school diploma or GED.
After I got out of high school, they finally realized that I needed to start searching
for a job because I can't be sitting at home during the day or else I'd be getting into
trouble, that kind of thing.
Like a normal teenager or a normal adult would.
And they, that's when they realized that, that the VR needed to be more.
That I needed to see my VR counselor more, and I was seeing her more on a regular basis.
But then it, things, like I got my jobs on my own.
A couple of my jobs, most of my jobs on my own without VR's help.
And that's when they realized that maybe she doesn't need VR services.
I want to make change for people with disabilities and this would be a good start.
And then one of the things that I want to see happen is our group's, the board members
implement more of a community practice kind of thing.
So like when they, it will be like -- to get, it's basically to get more involved
in the community than, than they have before.
Because the best way to make your appearance is being involved in your community.
And that way people will know you're there, and you have an opinion too.
One of my dream, ultimate dream goals is to get into the State House and be a Senator
so I can be a voice in the State House for people with disabilities.
So like the Community and Practice Board that I'm on, I have, we meet regularly, but that's
where a lot of the, the, a lot of the states don't understand that there are many cultures,
there's people with disabilities.
And there's no services for people with disabilities in different cultures.
Just to have acceptance in the community.
Have people understand us.
When we say we have a disability, it's not because we're different.
We're actually trying to be like everybody else.
And have a normal life.
And we actually have an opinion.
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