UNITY IN DIVERSITY: HONORING ALL VOICES🗣️🫂

Hello, beautiful souls and kindred spirits! How are you all? I hope you're doing fine! It's been a while since I posted something. I hope you miss me. I am back again with another blog!⁠(⁠๑⁠¯⁠◡⁠¯⁠๑⁠)
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(with our ma'am consuelo)

The world changes every minute, and with that, an atmosphere of inclusiveness and understanding has to be cultivated in the need towards the differences of all people.

In working towards establishing a diversified society, equal rights of persons with disabilities and those of the LGBTQ+ community need not be forgotten.

These groups face unique challenges and experiences that must be highlighted to work toward a society that is more inclusive and self-evidently equal to all people.

(These our my friends that represents rainbow colors)

(Photo credits to them)

As a part of an inclusive learning institute who accepts all people despite their differences. I meet a lot of individuals who represent the rainbow colors and people with disabilities. We used to judge these individuals because of their differences. Some of the people used to mock those people with disabilities and some people are judging those individuals that are now part of the LGBTQ.

However, as time passes by, we slowly accept the inclusiveness among these peoples. We slowly accept their differences, their sexuality and their impairments.

We, as future educators, have a subject about inclusive education and this subject cultivates our hearts', it made us realize that we should understand those people who's struggling. Because we individuals have our own differences and struggles.

Our professor on our inclusive education, helps us to dig deeper on how to understand our differences and to embrace inclusiveness. We also learn about the rights of every human. It may be people with disabilities, indigenous people and most especially the LGBTQ.

As we dig deeper into the impairments of people with disabilities it makes my heart shattered. These people with disabilities are a product of judgment, bullying and injustice. When I don't know about the impairments of some of those people, I easily judge. I saw a lot of parents in public areas that if their child is having tantrums they don't care and those children that are having tantrums are the one who is part of the spectrum. I easily misunderstood them, that they don't care about their children and they can't make their children stop those tantrums in public places.

However, as we dig deeper in our inclusive class, I learned that those parents don't want their children to be like that and it also shatters their heart as they watch their child struggling and they can't do anything.

As Ma'am Consuelo told us, it's better if the parents don't pay attention to their children when having tantrums, just let them because afterwards they will relax. We discuss a lot about impairments, disabilities and of course understanding these people that are part of this spectrum. All they need is understanding and acceptance the same as the LGBTQ community. Those learnings taught me about resilience, courage, and an unwavering spirit are things that have taught me invaluable lessons in being empathetic and compassionate, and in the power of inclusion.

One time, Ma'am Consuelo "our inclusive education instructor" told us that we ought to make learning material for those individuals with disabilities. At to begin with I didn't know what to do. In any case, as I rode a bus going back to our hometown, I saw a family celebrating their son's birthday and as I noticed their child is part of the spectrum. That time it was traffic, and I can really witness that their son is having tantrums but then as they show a cake to their son it stops. And, it sinks to my mind that “yea right! cake can make anyone happy”. So it gives me an idea! I directly buy a styrofoam and look for my sister's paint. I make a styro cake for my learning material. Maam Consuelo told us that those babies that are part of the spectrum don't want any neon colors. They hate light colors. So I made a cake with dark colors. In that creative way I could catch the attention of my students and also they will engage in my class. The mechanics of the cake is, if you follow the same colors you can connect the slices. My professor was amazed with my idea and I was overwhelmed.

My classmates also showed their creativity as they made their learning materials that can help those people with disabilities. Learning materials are not only beneficial but indeed necessary in order to create equal opportunities for people with disabilities to learn and prosper within an education context.

I am an awfully solid devotee in equality and social equity. I, therefore, feel so much gratitude for the chance to learn through interactions with PWD and LGBTQ+ persons.

I trust that by portraying the struggles and triumphs of these communities, I can motivate compassion, advocacy, and action on the portion of readers.

(Photo Grabbed in Ang Suga Publication)

In this Pride month — a month of inclusivity; As I begin my journey toward knowledge and understanding, I will fight to use my voice and privilege in the service of elevating those voices that have been hushed or at least merely minimized.