Mark
Flores Video - (454 kb)
Just
Watch Me Go a song written by Kimberly E. and Nicky M.
"I feel different,
people hurt my feelings, talking behind my back, I feel lonely, I want
to be loved, I don't want people to hate me. I'm left out of some activities
and I don't like it. I want the world to treat me nicely. " - Michele
B.
"there are challenges,
things are different coming from being able bodied to being disabled."
- Kent H.
"I want the public
to understand I haven't changed as a person, merely limitation put on
me. Going blind and losing a limb has been dramatic but the disabled
dong need to be pitied, but be understood and accepted and recognized
for our abilities." - Allen T.
"I want to
the community to know I am deaf as well as other people who are disabled
like me. I like to see more access to technology products to meet disabled
needs and help their dreams come true!" - Heather W.
"We are like everyone
else." - Bill H.
"It can be hard
because sometimes people don't accept me I am a person too and should
be treated like one." - Kimberly E.
"A disability has
equal rights just like any other human." - Craig C
"I want to live
normally like everyone else." - Michele B.
"My entire family
is disabled, one has CP and brain damage, we have an epileptic and I
myself am debilitated by chronic pain. And guess what? We're just your
average family and every bit as normal as everyone else." - Betty
H.
"It's okay to be
disabled - I'm a sister, aunty, friend - oh yeah, and I have a disability."
- Loretta Y.
'It is very hard."
- Amanda W.
"Sometimes its hard,
I don't hear things the first time - can you please say it again?"-
Aaron B.
"Work is very important
to me. I do many things and use my paintings to express my feelings
and dreams. " - Gee I.
"I am a good hockey
player and actor" - Andrew L.
"'I want to
be treated like everyone else." - Greg G.
"Deaf people can
be professional people - such as teachers, Principals, lawyers, counselors,
etc. and we need out own empowerment in our community."- Marilyn
B.
I am an actor -
Karnpal S.
We are people too
- Jody R.
People with disabilities
can do anything - Kathy G.
(Having a disability)
doesnt mean we dont have lives - Mark F.
That I am happy
with myself - Dovie W.
Different people
have different needs, but we all contribute to make a society. - Paul
M.