How a broken plate would feel.

A plate that is broken would be in lots of pieces and would be sharp. It would also be a useless plate. If this plate were a person it is much the same. A person who is broken might feel unwanted, unneeded or unloved. This is not a good way for anyone to feel. A person who feels this way may want to be left alone to think. The best thing we as friends can do is offer our support and let them know that we are here to help if needed.

How the N.F.L, lockout has affected the Arc

The recent N.F.L. lockout between team owners and players means the Ravens will not be holding their training camp workouts in Westminster this year. This is bad News for local businesses which depend on the boost in money and sales that the Ravens training camp brings to the area. This also means that many Ravens fans in Carroll County such as clients of the Arc Carroll County will not get the opportunity to meet the Ravens players or get their autographs. This has become an annual tradition of the Arc which the clients look forward to each year. We hope the Ravens return to Westminster so this tradition can resume and continue in the future.

How the Career Planning process has helped me plan for future employment

I feel like I am much closer to finding had no idea of a job than I was three months ago. Before I anything that I wanted to do, so I was just aimlessly thinking of what to do. In three months I have gained a focus of what job I want. Now there is also more of a focus on finding me a job than there was three months ago. The meeting process has given me more ideas and taught me there are more opportunities out there than I thought before. I wish this process had existed before because the process would have made job searching easier and faster. The process is a great experience and knowing these opportunities exist is empowering to me in so many ways.
I see myself in the future working as a writer at a paper or writing for an online paper. I also am planning on building my resume and collection of personal writing. Mainly I am anxious to see what the future holds and working as hard as I can to achieve my dreams.

Why I want to walk

Cerebral Palsy is a condition that is disease that affects "brain and nervous system functions such as movement, learning, hearing, seeing, and thinking" ("Cerebral Palsy"). This disease is caused by "Bleeding in the brain, brain infections, head injury, infections in the mother during pregnancy, and severe jaundice" during infancy. The affect of Cerebral Palsy is "seizures, speech problems, muscle tightness, pain, and abnormal gait". I am an individual diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy who is currently bound to a wheel chair, but that is soon to change because assistive technology is becoming available to me to help me walk again.
I want to walk because it is a good workout for me. It will help my legs become stronger and I will be able to better aid those who help me with my daily care. Hopefully, one day I will be able to independently care for myself.
It would also better my mental health because I would be proud of myself. With being in a wheel chair independence is harder to come, while I appreciate individuals helping me with tasks; I would appreciate it more to complete them myself. I would also feel better physically because I could stretch my legs, which sometimes become cramped after sitting a long period of time. I think if I had some assistive technology like a standing walker that I can be strapped into and some assistance in case of a fall my life long dream of walking will come true; even if I need help to do so. I walked for the first time in quite some years a few weeks ago at work with a walker and assistance from a co-worker. It felt great after a long time of not walking since my long lost walker has not been recovered, so I cannot walk at home, nor at work.
We have attempted to begin the process of trying to get me some assistive walking tools to help make this possible. I think this will help me become stronger and live a better healthier lifestyle.

"Cerebral Palsy." Disease and Conditions 09 16 2009. n. pag. Pub Med. Web. 9 Aug 2011. .

My perfect world

What my perfect world would be like
By Charlie Rachel

In my perfect world I would be married to Tonya and helping her raise our daughter. I would also be working as a Newspaper Reporter. I wouldn’t want to change much about the way we live and the freedom we have, but I have always been a bit interested in some of the ways of the Royal lifestyle. If I could have a little of this even if for only for a day and have it not seem as odd as it might sound to others I would be happy living in my own perfect world.
I would like to see what it would be like to live in a castle. I would like to meet a real prince or princess and see how their life is different from ours, a lot I’m sure.

If I could change something

If I had the power to change something
By Charlie Rachel

If I could change one thing it would be to get up and walk as easily as everyone else, but I am grateful for my friends, family and places like the Arc that are able to help me through it all. There were times when my Doctors said I wouldn’t live long, but I have proven them wrong. I keep dealing with thing the best way I can. Because I am a fighter. That’s who I am.

There once was a chance I didn't take

I once had a chance when I was in school to go camping, but I didn’t take it because I was not used to being away from home. The teachers tried to talk me into it, but I kept saying no. As I look back on it today I wish I had taken the chance just once and gone. I realize now how much fun it would have been. If I should ever get the chance to go camping again. I will take it and have fun.