Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I am back at DTSS, doing my last Supergrad year of highschool! It's been a bit of slack semester for me , since I finished all the courses I needed to graduate last year. This year I will mostly be working on transition skills and getting comfortable with the idea of moving on to college next year! Whoohoo! I'm very nervous, but very excited at the same time to start the next chapter in my life. I have picked a major, finally. I want to study something called Community Rehabilitation and be an advocate for special needs kids. Basically, I'm thinking of working with families with children with diverseabilities and being like a mentor to them. I've always wanted to be able to give back all that I have recieved to others in need and this sounds like the perfect way for me to do it. I'm thrilled I found a career path. The only thing is that taking the course means more academic subjects next semester of my Supergrad year. I've had it kind it slack the last couple years, but not any more apparently. In January, I will take Biology and History in the same semester! Yikes! Oh well, I'm not afraid to work hard again! It will get me all ready for College Life!
So, my biggest news lately is this past Thursday My mom and I got to go to the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook B.C to have a meeting with their Diversabilities coordinator about me attending the campus next fall. Me moving away from home is a huge step for both of Mom and I We can use all the guidance we can get. It going to take a lot of preparation for my big move, but this was definetly a step in the right direction.
Once we got to Crannbrook,the college was preety easy to find. Mom and I got inside the building and found it was very accesible with ramps and buttons everywhere! They even had a handicap button to open the bathroom! I had never seen that before! I was very impressed!
The Diveseability Coordinator was awesome! She treated me like a college student. She introduced herself to me before mom whitch made me feel grown up
She was very knowledgeable! Mom and I learned a lot. The Community Rehab that
I want to eventually take when I get to University of Calgary, I can actually start taking my first 1 or 2 years at Cranbrook! I got very excited about that. I knew I was going to college first, but I wasn't sure what I would take, so this is perfect. I would spread my course out over 2 years, whitch would be a good work load for me to start off with just because I need to get used to school work again! I wouldn't have an aide that would go to class with me like in highschool, but they do offer tutors that can help me catch up on work! That would be something I would look into for sure. The tutor would also help me with some life skills as well, whitch I could always use. Mom and I learned that there are grants that I can apply for that can help out with paying for things like home care to come in and help me out every so often! We learned lots!
This was one of I'm sure quite a few College of the Rockies visits. It will be a bit of a process until I actually get into College groove. I'm a quite nervous, like I said, but I think once I actually start living by myself and start making my own decisions, it will be great! I'll just figure everything out as I go along. That's my plan. It's not a very proactive one, I know, but I want to stick to it. like my mom says, everything always works out. After checking out College of the Rockies, both my mom and I are starting to feel more confident about my next adventur. Stay tuned! I'm excited to tell you how this whole roller coaster ride goes. in November, I go again to check out wheelchair accesible residence, where I am hoping to be able to stay while I go to school! Exciting times ahead!
College Life awaits!
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