MapIt: The Road to Self-Determination 2013-2014 Yearbook
This is my FM system I use in school. My teacher wears a microphone so I can hear her better, but I also know sign language. I like to help my Uncle in his car shop. I get to help sweep the floors and work on cars with him.
Brandon Heely Jackson High School Junior Age: 19
I like to read car magazines!
Special Education Program
Sometimes I can't understand everything they say.
My Life: I live with my mom
My Goals:
I do not have any brothers and sisters.
Graduate high school
I wish I had a pet
Work in my Uncle's shop
I have a lot of friends
Have my own car These are my friends at school.
Learn how to drive Live in my own apartment
I like school
Brandon (age 19, HS double junior) My Strengths • I’m very friendly • I help my uncle clean up his shop • I am respectful and kind My Preferences • Teachers who take time to explain things to me • People who are patient with me My Interests • • • • •
Magazines about cars Car repair / mechanics School Friends Animals
My Needs • • • •
Extra time to do tests and homework Help learning about boundaries Learn to drive Live in my own apartment
My Goals: Personal • • •
Learn to drive Own a car Live in my own apartment
My Goals: Academic/Future • •
Graduate High School Work in my Uncle's car shop
Alison Siri Ash Creek High School
Who Am I? I am 17 years old I am Hard of Hearing I am a vegetarian
Junior
I have a lot of friends
GPA: 3.1
I have a job
My Hobbies:
My Family:
Listening to music
I live with my mom and two brothers
Photography Painting Reading comics
I visit my dad on the weekends
Cooking
Nobody else in my family has hearing loss.
My Goals:
My Goals:
Personal:
Academic/Future:
Travel and take photos
Get into college
Learn to communicate better
Find a good job
Volunteer at a veterinary clinic
Buy a house Adopt children
Alison (age 17, HS junior) My Strengths • I’m a hard worker • I pay attention to details • I'm creative My Preferences • One-on-one situations or small groups • Clear explanations and demonstrations when I learn something new • Hands on activities My Interests • Movies • Working and earning money – I’ve got a part-time job in an office supply store • Photography • Art • Listening to music • Cooking My Needs • An assistive listening device…but I don’t like using it at school • A job coach to work with me when I’m learning new responsibilities • Learn to communicate better with others My Goals: Personal • Travel and take photos • Learn to communicate better • Volunteer at a veterinary clinic My Goals: Academic/Future • Get into college • Find a good job • Buy a house • Adopt children
Sam Allen Anita Community College Sophomore 3.5 Studying: Computer Science About Me:
My Personal Goals:
I am Deaf and use American Sign Language. I am proud to be Deaf and the Deaf community is very important to me.
Work with Deaf youth
About My Family:
My Educational Goals:
I live with my Mom, Dad, and sister. I wish they knew ASL so we could communicate better. I feel left out at home pretty often.
Transfer to a 4 year college to study Computer Science.
About My Educational Background:
My Professional Goals:
I grew up in a mainstream school but when to the Deaf school in high school. That is where I really learned to be myself and be proud of who I am!
Start my own business
Inspire others to be themselves
Develop a sign language computer program for kids
Sam (age 19, community college; sophomore) My Strengths • Open minded • Energetic • Like to learn new things • Ability to think abstractly My Preferences • Working with other Deaf and Hard of Hearing people • Being involved in the Deaf Community • Direct communication when possible My Interests • Working with Deaf youth • Inspiring others to be themselves • Creating accessible computer applications • Developing a sign language computer program for kids My Needs • Attend a college/university that specializes in Computer Science • Learn to communicate and relate better to people who are different than me • Interpreters or speech-to-text if I attend a mainstream college My Goals: Personal • Work with Deaf youth • Become a motivational speaker to inspire people to be themselves My Goals: Academic/Future • Graduate with my AA degree • Transfer to a 4 year college and major in Computer Science • Start my own business • Design a sign language computer program for kids
Darcie Kin Chadwick School for the Deaf Sophomore Age: 16 GPA: 3.4 About Me:
About My Family:
I am very independent
I live with my Dad, Grandma, and brother
I use tactile sign to communicate
I am the only person with vision and hearing loss in my family
I am Deafblind but can hear a little with my hearing aids
My family knows a little sign language
I have a service dog named Winston
Personal Goal:
I love to travel I love to act I don't believe in giving up when others tell me I can't do something
To show the world Deafblind people CAN DO ANYTHING!
Educational/Future Goal: Attend college and join the National Theater of the Deaf
Darcie (age 16, HS sophomore) My Strengths • Independent • Proactive • Optimistic • Don't give up easily • Outgoing • Natural Leader My Preferences • Interacting with people who are open-minded • Use of tactile interpreters when necessary • Surrounding myself with positive people My Interests • Acting • Traveling • Animals (especially my service dog, Winston!) • Meeting new people • Inspiring people My Needs • To be around people who are patient and take the time to get to know me • Learning how to best advocate for myself • Trying out an assistive listening device • Learning more about Deafblind resources and technologies My Goals: Personal • Show the world Deafblind people can do anything • Travel the world • Visit all 50 states My Goals: Academic/Future • Attend college • Join and tour with the National Theater of the Deaf
Collin Richers Who Am I?
What People Say:
17 year old male, actor, artist, mime performer, activist ….I AM JUST ME….
If you can't hear, you can't act
Personal Goals: Act in front of an audience Act in a movie Write and direct a screenplay
Academic Goals/Future Goals: Score a 1200 on my SAT Go to an Arts college Train actors with hearing loss
If you live in foster care, nobody cares about you If you are deaf, you can't read well
What I Say: I CAN DO ANYTHING, BE ANYONE, GO ANYWHERE. JUST WATCH ME
Collin (age 17, HS senior) My Strengths • Acting • Performing • Activism • Reading • Writing My Preferences • Working in small groups or alone • Being around positive people My Interests • Art • Acting/Theater • Movies • Writing and directing plays • Advocacy and fighting for peoples' rights • Training other future actors with hearing loss My Needs • A Deaf/HOH mentor (acting) • A family to adopt me or offer stability • Repetition if I miss something that is said • To be able to see the lips of the person talking for speechreading My Goals: Personal • Act in front of an audience • Act in a movie • Write and direct a screenplay My Goals: Academic/Future • Score a 1200 on my SAT • Go to an Arts college • Train actors with hearing loss
I love to play soccer!
Josie Hill
A Little About Me:
Age: 22
I am shy
Graduated from: Elk High School
I am not in school
Educational Goal: Want to attend beauty school
job
Personal Goal: Get a job doing hair and makeup Job Experience: None
I enjoy sports
A Little About My Hearing Loss: I have severe hearing loss
I use ASL to I have never had a communicate
I am really close to my family I don't want to move far away from home
I use interpreters My hearing loss makes me feel nervous and shy around new people until I get to know them
Josie (age 22, graduated) My Strengths • Creativity • Design • Fashion • Attention to detail My Preferences • Interacting with small groups of people • Staying close to home and family • People who understand American Sign Language My Interests • Clothing and fashion • Makeup and Hair • Cosmetology • Sports (soccer) My Needs • American Sign Language interpreter • Learn to communicate with hearing people better on my own • Job coach or job shadowing • To be less shy My Goals: Personal • Get my drivers license • Do my sister's makeup and hair for her wedding My Goals: Academic/Future • Get into beauty school • Start my own business or find a business that works with Deaf and Hard of Hearing clients
Tanner Jakes Hibsley High School Freshman Age: 14 GPA: 4.0 About Me: I lost my hearing last year. I have two cochlear implants that work great. I use speech-to-text services in my classes at school. I am taking many upper division classes and hope to graduate at 17. I love my family and live with them in Ohio. My Goals: I have always wanted to work in the medical field! I plan to apply to medical school and be an ENT (ear, nose, and throat) doctor. I would like to open my own practice some day. Possible Obstacles: People don't understand that I am the same person even though I lost my hearing. I will have to work hard to educate people around me about my abilities and learn to advocate for my needs to accommodations and access.
Tanner (age 14, HS freshman) My Strengths • Research • Paying attention to detail • Memorization • Study skills My Preferences • To be treated as if I do not have a hearing loss • Look directly at me when talking to me • Environments that are not overly noisy My Interests • Science and Math • Medicine • Anatomy and Physiology • Research • Technology My Needs • Learn to advocate for my needs • Research which accommodations might best meet my needs when in noisy environments • Learn to better deal with/cope with my hearing loss My Goals: Personal • Continue mapping for my cochlear implants • Make the honor roll • Get a scholarship My Goals: Academic/Future • BS degree in Public Health • Get into medical school • Become an ENT • Open my own practice
Marissa Leon Senior Monmouth High School Age: 18 GPA: 2.8 A Little About My Family: A Little About Me: .
I would describe myself as being friendly, athletic, and responsible. I don’t like school.
I live with my mom and six brothers and sisters! I am the only deaf person in my family. I love to help with my siblings
Personal Goal: Move out after graduation and live with my friend. Career Goal: I want to find a job and get married. College isn’t for me.
I prefer to do things my own way rather than someone telling me what to do. I use American Sign Language and an interpreter at school but at home I speak and lipread because my family doesn’t sign. I don’t wear hearing aids because I don’t want others to see me differently.
Here are my brothers and sisters!
Marissa (age 18, HS senior) My Strengths • Very responsible at home doing chores and taking care of my younger brothers and sisters • Outgoing personality • Friendly • Athletic My Preferences • Being independent! • Figuring things out on my own • Not being seen as "different" • I don't want to go to college My Interests • Working out at the gym • Playing softball • Being with my friends – going shopping and going to the movies • Teaching and playing with children My Needs • They tell me that I need structure and support to stay organized and finish my homework • I passed drivers’ ed, but I don’t have my license yet • Sign language interpreter • Classroom notetaker • Career exploration My Goals: Personal • Get my own apartment after graduation • Start a family My Goals: Academic/Future • Find a job working with children • Start a preschool
Joe Sanchez Oregon School for the Deaf Sophomore GPA: 3.6
A Little About Me: Favorite Subjects: Math and Science Least Favorite Subject: English Personal Goal: Make MVP in football Future Goal: Go to college Future Career: Engineering
I love sports. I play football and baseball. Did you know Deaf people invented the huddle? A Little About My Family:
About My Hearing Loss:
My parents and I are Deaf, my sister is hard of hearing, and my brother is hearing.
I love being Deaf. I do not use hearing aids or any other kind of listening device.
We use American Sign Language to communicate at home.
I attend the Deaf school so all my classes are in ASL.
We are all very close so it is hard to live in the dorms over 3 hours away!
I need an interpreter for meetings, appointments, or to make phone calls.
Joe (age 16, HS sophomore) My Strengths • My friends tell me I’m funny • I am athletic • I am open-minded My Preferences • Small groups of friends • Teachers who use ASL • Hands-on activities and experiments My Interests • Playing football and baseball • Summer camp – helping kids • Math and Science • Engineering My Needs • Tutoring for reading • Sign language interpreter if I go to a mainstream college • Classroom notetaker if I go to a mainstream college • Learn to communicate better with hearing teammates My Goals: Personal • Make MVP in football this school year • Visit all the science museums in the Pacific Northwest My Goals: Academic/Future • Go to college- Maybe Gallaudet, CSUN, or Western Oregon University • Become an engineer • Work for a company who is familiar with Deaf and Hard of Hearing needs • Create products for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people
About Me: •24 years old
•Hard of Hearing
•Outgoing
•Friendly
•Creative
•Hardworking
•Patient
•Funny
•Smart
•Laughs easily
•Love children
About My Education: •Mainstream High School •Community College •4 Year University
About My Accommodations: •Notetaker •Speech-to-Text (CART) •Extended Test Time •Priority Registration
Valentine Sal Western Oregon Univ Deaf Studies Class of 2013
Valentine (age 24, graduated college) My Strengths • Friendly • Outgoing • Smart • Patient • Working with children • Laugh easily My Preferences • Clear communication • Working with children rather than teenagers • Use of CART when in a big group or class My Interests • Children • Nature • Teaching My Needs • Notetaker in the classroom • Speech-to-text (CART) • Extended Test Time • Priority Registration • VR Counselor to help me find a job • A fulltime job My Goals: Personal • Have a family • Buy a house • Volunteer My Goals: Academic/Future • Become a teacher • Volunteer with Teach America or AmeriCorps
Steven Marks Richland High School Junior GPA: 2.3 My Family: I live with my mom and dad I do not have any siblings I have a dog
My Personal Goals: Learn to accept my hearing loss Learn to communicate better Continue to work on my speech
My School/Work Goals: Graduate High School Go to college Get a job in a science lab
Steven (age 18, HS junior) My Strengths • Research • Paying attention to detail • Trying new things My Preferences • “Hands-on” approach when learning new things • I do better when I’m interested in a class. My Interests • Science and Math • Learning how things work • Lab/experimentation My Needs • Study skills and learning strategies to pay more attention in class • Career exploration • Classroom notetaker • Assistive Listening Device (FM System) • Communicate better with peers and teachers • Work on my speech clarity My Goals: Personal • Learn to accept my hearing loss • Learn to improve my communication with others • Practice my speech, articulation, and word recognition skills My Goals: Academic/Future • Graduate high school • Get into a 4 year college or university • Get a scholarship for Math or Science • Work in a science lab or as a math teacher
Brandon
Alison
Collin
Josie
Joe
Valentine
Sam
Darcie
Tanner
Marissa
Steven