4/23

All the presentations today were very well done and interesting as well. The topic of using animal therapy was very interesting in my opinion. I knew that dogs were used in hospitals to make the patients feel better, but I didn't know they were also used for autistic therapy. There was a girl in my school who was autistic and was on the same gymnastics team as me, and it was hard for her to communicate with the other members of the team. She didn't know how to be involved. I think using animal therapy is a great way in which to help children with autism. I think this idea is a neat way to include education in non conventional ways because education is everywhere. Jessica's presentation on deaf culture and mainstream schools was a fascinating topic. I think that there should be more schools in which deaf children can go to school because I think that kids don't understand children with disabilities and that makes it hard for those children to make any friends. I was surprised in Lindsay's presentation that the ACT/SAT measure your expected college grades. I think racism is still a big problem and that it really affects how these students perform due to the environment they are put into.