Just like You

twin and we both seemed like healthy, little girls. It was not always that way, until 2nd grade rolled around. Something was off about my sister, Alyssa. My mom took her to the doctors and they ran some tests. They soon diagnosed her with Autism, which is a mental disorder causing her to have a rough time interacting and learn. A perfectly healthy, eight year old, who loves playing and running…

from the speakers in the hall. Just once more… Just one more time… I’d like to know…

Summer 2015 Drawing Is Just Like Being Able To Speak Rules is a novel written by an author named Cynthia Lord. There is a girl named Catherine and she is twelve years old. Catherine has an autistic brother, named David. Catherine frequently makes up rules for David. Catherine, David and her mom, they go The Occupational Therapy Clinic for David where Catherine meets a boy named Jason. Catherine draws Jason because she was bored at The Occupational Therapy, but Jason does not like when people…

“Choosing the artists had a lot to do with Bristol and the vibe of the city. They just elected their first black mayor who is interested in social issues in Bristol but is also a student of social justice, equity, and inclusion in the US as well. I can't deny that the LIFT show at the Cummer helped me get comfortable with the two artists together,” says Allegretti. It was the first time they had been in the UK. “We are like-minded individuals and we have respect for each other. I was a fan of…

Let’s take a closer look at shopping. A pretty simple idea, right? Go to a store find what you need then buy it. Well it is not quite that simple. On the surface it may appear this way, but subconsciously it is much more complicated. Why do we pick the store we shop at, why do we buy what we buy? Are the stores we shop at aware of this? To try and shed some light on this I did two social observations in the men 's athletic apparel section. One at Dick’s Sporting Goods and the other at Wal-Mart.…

two feet of snow onto my face. I am completely awake now, like someone just zapped me with a lightning spell. I shake off the snow, figuring that one of my friends played a trick on me by casting a blizzard into my room. I look out the window to see who did it, but instead I see the large city of Camelot covered with ice as blue as the sky usually is, and the sky covered in massive black clouds with snow billowing out of them faster than you can say... “Yikes!” I jump out of the way as a few…

The clock struck midnight. Four of my closest friends piled into the back seat of my car and convinced me to drive them to an all-night party. Reluctantly, I slumped into the driver’s seat and began to drive. All my life, I dreaded a night like this, and tried to avoid it at all costs. After all, I loathed making decisions that made people think differently of me. Knowing the tough choice I would have to make later that night, and trying to ignore the mess of thoughts that tormented me, I turned…

The power of selfie bring us together The definition of selfie is the capture of yourself in a photo that you took and shared to the social media. In this case this selfie had been shared to the media but instead of only one person they are three. That made this selfie a little different from the majority of them. However, they took it a step further. They recognize was an experience that they shared together, and not was appropriate to leave out important people that contribute to that moment.…

here, and if you have kids, you know what that means! It’s time to put them up for adoption!” The seriousness of this statement mustn’t even be questioned, which makes sarcasm the ideal rhetoric to blatantly state the stress kids create while on vacation. Later in the article, Barry cues parents to recall “the tremendously long car trip to a place that your kids will find hideously boring because none of their friends are there,” and similarly proposes that: “In the end: stay home, you and your…

1. What was Sarah Symons “Ah-Ha” moment? Sarah’s big wake-up call was when she saw the film “The Day My God Died”, a documentary on the rampant sex trafficking in Nepal and India. After seeing it she told her significant other, John; “I just saw this movie, and it’s going to change my life.” The film gave her an awareness about the severity of sex-trafficking and it is what ultimately set her Journey to fight it. 2. Was Sarah impacted by the devastation of sex trafficking, or inspired by the…