Alexea's Adventure

Last year in the summer of 2021, my mom got a call from my Area Director saying that I was selected to go to the Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, Florida to compete in bowling. The night before my mom told the neighbors and they all kept that a secret from me for a few days. That Saturday I was wearing a shirt and shorts and my mom said you need to change your outfit. I said why do I need to change my outfit? She said we are getting family pictures. I changed into my green romper and pretty shoes.   We moved chalk couture down to the grass area so we all could do the craft in the bigger area. The neighbors, my grandparents, and family started bringing chairs over. I didn’t recognize that they were bringing chairs over. My cousins and I started doing our chalk couture. We got our chalkboards, picked our paste, and what we wanted to paint. I put the picture I wanted on the chalkboard. Then I opened the paint up and stirred the paint. I was ready to put the paste on my proj...

I was in special education classes for a couple years, but half way through seventh grade they said since you are doing so well so we are taking you out of special education classes. My family fought so hard to keep me in special education classes and helped fight for the services to help me succeed.  I had an Individualized Education Plan until I was taken out of special education classes. An Individualized Education Plan gives me accommodations to help me succeed in classes. When I was no longer in special education I had a 504 plan which gives me some accommodations to help me succeed, but is much more limited that an IEP accommodation plan and special education.   It was definitely a hard change.  It was difficult for me to learn what was being taught in regular education and the environment I was in because I wasn't used to it, it was much more fast paced and harder to keep up.  I had to meet the new teacher and had to do harder work especially freshman and soph...

  I have a disability. Having a disability doesn’t stop me from living my life. If you have 3 or more things wrong at birth it is considered that you have a Syndrome.  However, the doctors cannot name the exact Syndrome that I have or the exact name to my disability.  I was told that I have a learning disability. I have a hard time understanding things and I'm a little slower at learning and comprehending than others.  I also have a sensory disorder too.  I can’t really taste or smell. I can taste and smell strong things and I can recognize certain tastes as being spicy.  A little tidbit, I can’t taste spicy really, but it is a feeling that it gives my tongue that makes it feel really itchy.  I don’t like that itchy, weird feeling on my tongue so I know I don’t really like things spicy.  I also have a hard time feeling certain things, like hot water.  When I take shower I cannot recognize that the water might be too hot.  There were time...