16 students of 2º B have been working on a project about 6 women with different physical disabilities: hearing and visual impairment, cerebral palsy and dwarfism or achondroplasia. They have learnt about these women’s problems and challenges, but also about their achievements.
First, the students have looked for information about the women and watched videos on youtube. Then, they have presented their work to the rest of the group and finally, we have established an open debate to discuss how these women cope with their disabilities and how they have achieved their goals in life. You can listen to this debate on Radio Quercus.
In the future we would like to share this project with other students at school.
16 alumnos de 2º B han estado trabajando en un Proyecto sobre 6 mujeres con diversas discapacidades físicas: discapacidad auditiva (Tamika Cachings y Amanda Folendorf) o visual (Christine Ha) (en el caso de Haben Girma ambas discapacidades, auditiva y visual), parálisis cerebral (Maysoon Zayid) y acondroplasia (Rebecca Cokley).
Primero, los alumnos han buscado información sobre estas mujeres y han visto vídeos en youtube. Después, han presentado su trabajo a los demás compañeros y por último, han debatido sobre cómo estas mujeres se han enfrentado a sus discapacidades, cuáles han sido sus retos y qué logros han alcanzado en sus vidas. Puedes escuchar el debate en Radio Quercus.
En el futuro nos gustaría compartir este proyecto con otros alumnos del centro.
Julieta Alvarenga, Samuel Blázquez, Lucía Boticario, Candela Clemente, Alba de Castro, Diego Domínguez, David Fernández, Irene Fernández, Lucía Fernández, Joaquín Mangas, Daniel Mateos, Carlos Melchor, Pablo Recio, Oliver Ruano, Marina Vicente y Sofía Vicente.
1. TAMIKA CATCHINGS
Retired WNBA champion Tamika Catchings has four Olympic gold medals, 10 WNBA All-Star appearances, and a congenital hearing impairment. Catchings, however, refuses to be defined by what others think she can't do—in fact, she's adamant that what makes her different off the basketball court has also made her better on it. "I think not being able to hear at 100 percent capacity, you almost have a sixth sense," Catchings said in an interview. "You kind of see things happen before they happen." In addition to her incredible basketball career, she's the founder of the Catch The Stars Foundation, a charitable organization that has helped provide academic and athletic support to countless underprivileged children in the U.S.
You can watch her video:
2. HABEN GIRMA
Harvard Law School never had a student quite like Haben Girma. The first deaf-blind person to earn a degree from the prestigious graduate school, Girma, who lives with both vision and hearing impairments, was inspired to pursue a legal career in part because she was hungry. While an undergrad student at Lewis & Clark College, she would often eat whatever was given to her at the cafeteria until she finally asked for an emailed menu to print out on a Braille machine. When the menu was delivered infrequently, she talked to the food services manager and reminded them that under the American Disabilities Act (ADA), they were required to make a reasonable effort to accommodate those in the community. She realized she wanted to use her voice to advocate for those like herself who weren't given a chance. In turn, she herself has received recognition for her accomplishments: President Barack Obama named her as a White House Champion of Change; and the Hellen Keller Services for the Blind appointed her to its national Board of Trustees.
You can watch her video on:
3. AMANDA FOLENDORF
Folendorf, the first deaf woman mayor in the U.S. and the youngest mayor in the history of the Calaveras County city, was only 31 when she was appointed to the top position. Now she intends to use her new position to have an impact far beyond the local level. "My vision," Folendorf said, "is that this platform can be used as a catalyst to start a national conversation of removing stigmas and start a positive platform of supporting anyone that wants to run for office, especially young females and individuals with various abilities.
You can watch her video:
4. MAYSOON ZAYID
Before Maysoon Zayid, stand-up comedy wasn't performed in Palestine and Jordan, and American Muslim women weren't comedians. But now it's Zayid who's having the last laugh as she entertains her fans around the world with her inspiring, hilarious perspective on living with cerebral palsy. As fearless as she is funny, she has used comedy to shed light on her condition everywhere from the 2016 Republican National Convention to her TED Talk, "I Got 99 Problems ... Palsy is Just One." Zayid also runs an art program for disabled and orphaned Palestinian refugee children funded almost entirely by her work.
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5. REBECCA COKLEY
Rebecca Cokley may have been born with achondroplasia, a genetic disorder that caused her dwarfism, but hers is a career filled with towering accomplishments. Under the Obama administration, Cokley has served as Principal Deputy at the Administration for Community Living at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Executive Director of the National Council on Disability. Currently, she is continuing her work on behalf of Americans with disabilities as Senior Fellow of the Center for American Progress.
You can watch her video:
6. CHRISTINE HA
For Christine Ha, being MasterChef's first blind contestant simply wasn't enough—she had to become its first blind winner. In addition to her career as a chef and reality TV judge for numerous cooking competitions, Ha is also an accomplished writer who has written award-winning poetry and a popular cookbook, Recipes From My Home Kitchen: Asian and American Comfort Food.
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