Cynthia's Disability Reflection

        Hello!!!! Our second presentation was a little different. We had to make a brochure, a poster, and our PowerPoint presentation. We had to talk about visual and hearing impairment. Really at first, I didn't know where to start. It was a bit difficult for me to talk about a topic that I don't know well and that I could say that I have ignored for a long time, perhaps because it did not affect me directly. Selfish of me. Talking about disabilities was not as easy as I thought. I felt a lot of pressure. I had to be careful when expressing myself, be aware and inform myself well on the subject. Every word I was going to use was going to define something.

I began to investigate and read about each disability, not just hearing and visual. I felt that I had ignored an important topic for a long time and with which we live daily. I realized that many disabilities surround us; that's how the world is made up. Notorious and not notorious disabilities, but with great satisfaction, I realized that the world, that is to say, society was gradually adapting to those disabilities. There were things about visual and hearing disabilities that I didn't know or had very little information. Unfortunately, I have not had the joy of meeting someone with either of those two disabilities. However, I am sure that technology and society have evolved so much that the life of a person with a disability is not very different from the life of a person who does not have any disability. Thank God, we stopped living in the stone age.

On the other hand, we were not the only ones to make an important presentation. Two other groups gave a magnificent presentation, but if I had to chose which one was fantastic, I could say that with the presentation of group 1. I felt it was so complete. The guys had gathered valuable information, using a vast vocabulary, and the order they had at the time of their presentation was impeccable. The guys in group 3 also had their moments. Each group shines with its topics. Finally, we had the project on time. Making the brochure and poster were easy pieces. Ordering the PowerPoint was a little more complicated but not impossible. I have to emphasize that this second presentation had more errors than the first one. 

In general, all the guys in the group were supporting and answering some concerns that we had on the theme. From the first project I did with my group, I knew that I had gotten an excellent group. In this presentation, I felt that I failed them. I failed them, and it failed me. That day was not my day since the internet began to fail until my presentation began. I felt that I could have done much better. All the time I spent informing myself on the subject, it was not very helpful. When I presented my part, my mind was blank again, and my voice was broken, very usual in me. I am aware and will work hard not to make the same mistake in my next presentation. Thank you, Professor Sinkoff, for the support and personal security that you give us in your class. 💪