5/3/2012 The Amazing Race

   Whew, it's the end of the semester and my final post. Today my group presented our long activity, a scavenger hunt for community integration. We had the groups go all over campus and do different tasks. Though I didn't participate because I was helping facilitate, it looked like it was fun. We were worried about the weather and having a storm, but it was sunny and beautiful. Group members were required to choose a different impairment which they had for all tasks. It was interesting to hear about their struggles at the end of the activity; I was surprised that I think I heard the most from the people who were not allowed to speak.
                       
  After the hunt, we watched "Shooting Beauty" a film about people with Cerebral Palsy taking photos of their lives. I was intrigued at how it was just taking pictures to me, but to the participants, it helped get them out into the community and out of their shells. I liked watching some of the people develop as the film went on like Tom, the man who wanted nothing to do with the project. Suddenly Tom was interested in photographing and it became an important part of his life. It was sad to hear that he died before the pictures were displayed publicly, but it was touching that the show was dedicated to him. What I liked most about the project was how something so small and average like taking a few pictures really changed the lives of some of these people. It made me want to start something that will affect people like that. If you get the chance "Shooting Beauty" is definitely worth checking into: http://shootingbeauty.org/
    Well, that's all I have left to say. Now I guess I need to go out into the world and be an innovator!