Project Report
| Dec 20, 2013
"Hey! You don't have any arms!"
One sunny fall afternoon in Art Club sat two girls both unaware of the others’ physical challenge with their only concern being what color glitter should be used next. We will call them Sally and Sam.
The youngest of the two, Sally, was 4 ½ years old and her first time to Art Club, while Sam, a preteen, had been coming to CHAP for years. Sally maneuvered as best as she could with one working hand, as the other was unusable since birth.
The two had worked side-by-side for quite a while when Sally asked Sam to hand her some glitter glue that was too far for her to reach. Sam said, “Sure” and quickly whipped her leg across the table, grabbing the glue with her toes and brought it back to the little one whose eyes were bigger than pancakes, for she had never seen something so magnificent. Sally yelped, “Hey! You don’t have any arms!” Sam responded with a smile and replied, “if you think that is cool, do you want some snacks?”
Without hesitation, the two of them sprang up to the counter full of snacks that was too tall for Sally to reach. Once again, Sam shows her new friend how life is when you don’t have any arms. She removed her shoe and gracefully picked up a plate, sat it down, loaded it with snacks of Sally’s choosing and delivered it to her place at the table. Then Sam filled her plate and the two sat down and shared some snacks together.
Without a doubt, Sally left empowered that day. Full of new possibilities of being in a world where she was not different. CHAP, and her new friend Sam, helped her find the freedom to be expressed and accepted as the wonderful and capable young lady that she is!
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