tell us a time when you "majored in unafraid"?
To "major in unafraid" is a metaphor that is used to encourage others to challenge their minds and learn how beautiful a challenged mind is. To me, I "major in unafraid" with my autistic sister. Having an autistic sister taught me to become an open minded and unbiased person. Since my sister is nonverbal I try to think of ways to better our communications so I started to teach her sign language. One of the characteristics of autistics is that they become impatient and with that I challenge myself to think of ways to teach her sign language in an entertaining way so that she does not reject what I am teaching her. Knowing it takes time for her to adjust to new words; it taught me to not give up on her and continue to teach words that she had forgotten. By spending lots of time with Ashwag I learned to study her body language which gives me a better understanding on what she is feeling. Having an autistic member in the family is a blessing to me because if it was not for Ashwag then I would probably not be as open minded and as willing to be challenged in life as I am today.
To "major in unafraid" is a metaphor that is used to encourage others to challenge their minds and learn how beautiful a challenged mind is. To me, I "major in unafraid" with my autistic sister. Having an autistic sister taught me to become an open minded and unbiased person. Since my sister is nonverbal I try to think of ways to better our communications so I started to teach her sign language. One of the characteristics of autistics is that they become impatient and with that I challenge myself to think of ways to teach her sign language in an entertaining way so that she does not reject what I am teaching her. Knowing it takes time for her to adjust to new words; it taught me to not give up on her and continue to teach words that she had forgotten. By spending lots of time with Ashwag I learned to study her body language which gives me a better understanding on what she is feeling. Having an autistic member in the family is a blessing to me because if it was not for Ashwag then I would probably not be as open minded and as willing to be challenged in life as I am today.