[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Hi, My name is Tim and I am from Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Orange County. I have cerebral palsy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born with cerebral palsy and not too Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sure how to answer this question. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because unlike an accident or being Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,born abled and then becoming disabled Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my cerebral palsy is just normal to me. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of my family, while I Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was growing up, I knew that I was Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different from the rest. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even now my family does not Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point out that they have a Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabled son, brother, cousin, uncle Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or friend. my C.P is invisible to them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first noticed that I was disabled Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I went outside and played with Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my bothers and their friends. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, I always played with my Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brothers but when we played outside Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the neighborhood kids, I started Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,noticing most of the adults started Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at me moreso then their children. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is when I knew there was something Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrong with me and it wasn't because Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't use my hands or run with Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my friends. Getting teased and being Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bullied by other kids was easy for me Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deal because I quickly learned how Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fight back. But, being not invited Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a classmates birthday party or being Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told that I should go home by an adult Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while my brothers are playing with their Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids has always impacted my life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some ways, I've learned that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discrimination comes in all shapes Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sizes and/or the color of your Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skin. I was in high school when the ADA Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was signed. I really didn't see that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much of a difference. I was being Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a teenager going through crazy Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adolescence stuff. ADA started effecting Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me when I started collage and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traveling a lot more. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, the ADA got signed Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I started my first Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,semester in college, I saw a rapid Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progression with inclusion. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More and more of my professors Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were willing to work with me and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disable student services on how Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to adapt to my disability by giving Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me more time for term papers Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making sure that I have good Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notetakers and etcetera. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first semester in college was Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very hard. I think that I had Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to retake all of my classes because Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got no help. After that, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the DSS and they worked Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with me at taking the right classes Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the right professors would Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make select accommodations for me. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I needed to take my Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,core classes for my major Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the department head knew me and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked with me with my final thesis. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By then, I needed a lot less services Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from DSS because my professors Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kept track of how I was doing. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was one of the first nonverbal student Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the university who graduated with Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a communication degree