Reflection essay on Disabilities

On this group project, the class was given disabilities in order for us to research and form a presentation on the given disability. This in my opinion was an excellent subject to be given to us as a speech class. Disabilities is something that is highly occurring in our population and there is more to it than what most people think. There are many types of disabilities, ranging from: Visual, hearing, intellectual, physical, mental, autism spectrum as well as some from an acquired brain injury. Being aware of what these disabilities mean and how they affect the people that have them is a great step in the right direction to bringing our society closer.

Growing up, I have had many occasions to deal with people with disabilities. My two best friends both have younger brothers with autism and seeing them grow up has informed me on how their lifestyle in unique. The child with autism is called Gustavo and he is so smart and talented. Although he has autism and has difficulties learning as everyone does, he is very skilled at a lot of things and has his own way of learning and grasping topics. The most important part of learning to interact with someone with a disability is by learning about their disability and keeping an open mind as to how they can approach them with certain things.

This project is a great way to teaching us students on how to interact with humans with these certain disabilities. As in the past projects, group 1 the group I was included in were just great. The communication we had was exceptional and the leaders did a great job organizing the structure of the project. We all had individual parts assigned to us that dealt with our given disability which was hearing and visual impairment. My task was to interview someone with the given disabilities. I had to search through many sources to find someone to interview and I went through many contacts to do so. Eventually I ended up finding the people without even looking for them. I was working at my everyday job at the UPS store however I was working at a different store located in Kendall where I did not really know the customers, at least not the regulars. To my surprise I met two mailbox holders that day, one by the name of craig and the other by the name of Joshua. Both were amazing human beings who were very open and genuine with their answers. I felt as if getting to know them I had known them my whole life. Overall, I had a blast interviewing them and it was a great eye-opening experience.

In conclusion, this project was a great way of raising awareness and giving us the students insiders on the types of disabilities there are and how they affect the individuals. This class has been full of surprises and I have very much enjoyed the assignments Ms. Sherri has given to us, I can honestly say this was a great experience and is one that will stick with me forever.


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