Genius Time

For my Genius Time project I have decided to focus on helping autistic kids and also spreading awareness to younger children who don't know much about the topic.  This topic is important to me because I have personally worked with kids who were autistic and I also have a younger cousin who has a very minor form of autism.  I've heard the things kids say about other autistic kids and I don't think that kids realize how hurtful the things they say are.  This topic should be important to a larger audience; especially locally, because North Carolina has one of the Nation's highest autism rates in the country.  If the community could spread autism awareness, be more accepting of kids with disabilities, and also explain to young kids what autism is, it would help with bullying in schools and would also give kids with dissabilities a more accepted feeling.  My goals for this project are to work with younger kids and teach them about what autism is and why they should treat everyone the way they want to be treated.

Heartbreak Map

In Class we made heartbreak maps to talk about the things that we're passionate about and what we love about those things. A heartbreak map can be done in many ways but I chose to do mine with the things I am passionate about on the right side and on the left side I wrote about what breaks my heart about these things.  The main topic I feel passionate about is autistic children and how they are often times treated as less than our equals. I hate seeing someone being treated badly just because of a disability. Everyone should be treated fairly and there are many cases where the kid doesn't know they have a disability so they are confused why other kids are mean to them. I think a possible solution to this, is to encourage parents to talk to their younger children about disabilities and why we should treat everyone equally.