Theme Presentation Reflection Jazmyn Martinez

The group chapter presentation was not an easy project but, I think that each group did an amazing job in their presentation. I found this project interesting not because of the chapter but because of the disabilities. I enjoyed learning about the different disabilities, the causes, the meanings, and the resources. I enjoyed the interview and having an inside view of how the college works for those of with vision impairments or deaf/hard of hearing. I was not aware of the amount of applications and tools that available for people with disabilities. I think the most important lesson that I was thought through the presentation was to treat everyone the same, and not to judge someone based on their disability.

As group leader, I am thankful to my group for steeping up and doing their part and putting in their effort into achieving a good presentation. If there was a critique for my group is that I wished, we could have worked together to play the videos with audio because many of those videos were heart warming and informative. One video I wished would have played was a deaf comedian how she jokes about meeting a quadriplegic and how they thanked her for not treating them differently. This was a video that made me laugh and touched my heart and I wish it would have played.

 For my part, I had the privilege of interviewing, the directors if ACCESS in Hialeah and North Campus. I loved my interviews because they were very informative about what MDC has to offer. Before this I did not know that sign language interpreters and note takes go in group of two. The interview also informed of vocational rehab which I had no idea existed before this presentation. The most important information I learned in my interview is that deaf/hard of hearing only like to be called “deaf or hard of hearing”, they don’t like to the term ‘hearing disability’ because they do not see it as a disability. I also learned about different applications that those with visual impairments use. I had no idea that it was as simple as an app on your phone to read aloud text from a textbook.

Every group was in charge of different topics group 1 was Mobility and Physical Impairments, Spinal Cord Disability, and Head injuries/Brain Disabilities. I think that overall, there presentation was very good, but my criticism would be that the pre-recorded audio was not the best idea and should have spoken live though the microphone instead. Also, it felt as though the group was concentrating more on the chapter information and then the disabilities instead of trying to merge them together. Group 3 oversaw Cognitive/Learning Disabilities, Psychological Disorders, and Invisible Disabilities. This is a topic that I find most interesting because I work with children that have a lot of Cognitive/ Learning disabilities. It was interesting to learn new information on these disabilities other than what I already knew. I also enjoyed the videos that Group 3 had in their presentation.

Overall, I think under all the circumstances every group did a great job on informing about their disability’s ad should be proud if their presentations especially due to the circumstances.