Second Presentation Blog by Raul Pena

 

All three presentations were really good with great qualities, you can appreciate that every team did vast research and put a lot of effort into these presentations. Every single one of them brought some new knowledge to me about the disabilities that we were assigned.

Our group “Group One” were assigned Cerebral Palsy and Scoliosis, two very common types of disabilities Cerebral Palsy affects over 17 million people around the world. There are many types of Cerebral Palsy and it can be from mild to severe paralysis. Although there is no cure for Cerebral Palsy it can be treated to improve life for the people whit this condition. Every case is different and therefore it requires personalized treatment for each case. The TED Talk of Maysoon Zayid present by Manny was instructive and hilarious, she explains the way she perceives her condition whit funny tales of her life. The title of the presentation said all, “I got 99 problems … palsy is just one”. We also talked about scoliosis. Scoliosis affects around 3% of the United States population, Idiopathic scoliosis is the most common one been eight times more common in females and treatment varies from bracing to surgery to stop the curve from progressing or to diminish the spinal deformity. Our team also decided to talk about the chapter that was assigned to us. We considered being vital in speech development, especially chapters 11, 12, and 13. Selecting the topic, developing the body, and using presentation aids will help a great amount to develop future speech, this is the way we wanted to share this part whit our classmates. Overall, I think our group did a great job and I hoped people enjoyed our presentation the same way we enjoy put in it together.

Group two did their presentation about “Disabilities Hidden Within”. They made it very cleared that not all disabilities are visible, some disabilities are not noticeable but internal affecting a person’s life physically, mentally, or neurological just like Diabetes, Alzheimer's, Epilepsy, and many more. Natalia and Hermes did a great job explaining Diabetes, this was of great help especially for me because I have two family members with diabetes. I liked how they also presented the Work Cited, that was unique. They also talked about intellectual disabilities, causes, and differences between the levels of it from mild to profound. The “Look Beyond My Disability, See The True Me” video clip was really touching. The theme of their PowerPoint was very appropriated it was very professional had helped us keep the focus on their presentation.

Group three presentation was about “Seeing, Hearing, & Head Injury”. This presentation was full of videos which I considered was necessary to explain some of these disabilities. The on that hit me the must be Vision Loss especially after seeing Luis Perez TED talk and learning how he dedicates time to photography, not for other, he does that form him to remember once he loses his vision complete, but he also talks how newer technologies are opening the door to other peoples with no only visual disabilities but also other types. The videos of the hearing disabilities were also instructively seen in the world from their point of view and how people interact whit them was interesting. I liked the group three presentation; I was able to appreciate the dedication and effort they put on it.  Great job group three