Blog 9
4/5/15
Today was Easter Sunday, I went home
to spend time with my family. During
this holiday I enjoy spending time visiting my family. Usually on holidays my Aunt Cathy comes to
our house and spends time with us. This
Easter however, it wasn't possible for Aunt Cathy to come over so I decided to
go visit her at her group home. Cathy is
40 years old and has what is called Rett's.
This is a severe form of autism.
Cathy is non-verbal but expresses her feelings through facial expressions. If Cathy is smiling it usually means she is
happy. If Cathy is showing aggressive
behaviors such as hitting herself in the head or hitting other this usually
means she needs something. Today, me and
my mom went to go visit Cathy and volunteer to help with Easter
festivities. While my mom helped the
ladies in the kitchen set the table and so forth I worked with some of the
adults in the home including my aunt.
They were all pretty relaxed watching T.V. so I tried to get everyone up
and moving. I put some music on in the
room and turned the lights up. I got my
aunt to stand and walk around. The
abilities of the people in the home varied.
Some were verbal and enjoyed socializing with me. Me and Ken a participant who was verbal threw
a soft ball back and forth. He really
enjoyed this. Although his throwing
skills was still in the elementary stage he was eager to learn and he could
have thrown that ball all day. I took my
aunt and another lady probably in her 30's into and exercise room. The equipment available was limited but we
used what was available. We used
exercise balls. I had the girls take
turn sitting on them and holding my hands they did sit-ups. Overall, I think this was a different experience
and I am glad that I did this. It gave
the workers at the home time to prepare Easter dinner and gave me a chance to
work with the adults.
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