Croix with my church group. We visited two sites, Queen Louise and Sister Emma cottage; both homes for children who have been placed there due to neglect, or abuse. Before this trip, I hadn't truly engaged with special needs children or adults and I was anxious. I met a young man named Evan*, he was nonverbal, confined to a wheelchair, and had higher level severe cerebral palsy. Even then, he could completely comprehend what was going on around him. As soon as we met, he started blushing. He indicated that he wanted to play a game involving his book bag. Evan would act shy and laugh when I looked in his bag, gasped and dropped it (he had diapers and a change of pants), something simple could make him laugh the hardest. Eventually our day was over and I felt changed. I learned so much from just my first day, I undertook a new challenge of getting out of my comfort zone to interact with
Croix with my church group. We visited two sites, Queen Louise and Sister Emma cottage; both homes for children who have been placed there due to neglect, or abuse. Before this trip, I hadn't truly engaged with special needs children or adults and I was anxious. I met a young man named Evan*, he was nonverbal, confined to a wheelchair, and had higher level severe cerebral palsy. Even then, he could completely comprehend what was going on around him. As soon as we met, he started blushing. He indicated that he wanted to play a game involving his book bag. Evan would act shy and laugh when I looked in his bag, gasped and dropped it (he had diapers and a change of pants), something simple could make him laugh the hardest. Eventually our day was over and I felt changed. I learned so much from just my first day, I undertook a new challenge of getting out of my comfort zone to interact with