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Day 229

You’ve gotta cut people some slack sometimes – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 9: 05 PM on day 229 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself bread and scrambled eggs for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck –prepare my Kid of the Week feature – this week’s edition tugged at my heartstrings and proved to me that it’s never too late or too early to start making a difference 🙂 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more – still no luck 🙁 –play some board games and card games with my siblings and guests – it was SO much fun 🙂 – feed myself a bread and jam sandwich for dinner and watch TV.

Today some people came to visit and it wasn’t until they left that it occurred to me that the adults barely spoke a complete sentence to me and in that moment I realized that people don’t know how to interact with disabled people without being awkward about it so I decided to give you some pointers on how to behave around the forgotten members of society:

Do’s and Don’ts of Dealing with Disabled People

Make eye contact
Smile
If you don’t know what interests him/her then just ask
Don’t talk about him/her talk to them. For instance, if you’re wondering if he/she wants juice ask him/her and not whoever is with him/her
Don’t make assumptions about his/her capabilities if you’re unsure about whether he/she can do something just ask

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

If you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/nisha-varghese/nishavarghese

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 228

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You can love people you’ve never met – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 46 PM on day 228 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, watch the royal wedding – it was a real life fairytale I have never seen anything like it 🙂 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, go to physiotherapy – it was PAINFUL but it’s my own fault I didn’t exercise as much as I should have in the past two weeks – watch some more TV, feed myself grilled chicken for dinner and tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck.

As you know a ten-year-old boy by the name of Brennan Daigle has found a special place in my heart and quite recently Brigaders – that’s what Brennan’s fans call themselves on Brennan’s Facebook page, Brennan’s Brigade – raised enough money to make Brennan’s dream of owning a truck come true which in itself meant so much to me but today Kay – a fellow Brigader – told me that she signed the truck on my behalf and in that moment I almost cried not because she signed the truck but because she thought of me. Take a look at the mark I made from all the way across the ocean:

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 224

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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. – Helen Keller

It’s 9: 26 PM on day 224 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself an egg sandwich for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more – no luck – feed myself rice and curry for dinner and continue to tweet about my campaign – still no luck damn it this is so frustrating.

As you know I love helping people because I believe that we owe it to those who are no longer with us to be the difference in the lives of others which is why I’m asking you to find a need in your community and fulfil it together with your loved ones. Do you choose to do little things individually or great things collectively?