Final Blog/Museum Reflection

     With our Living Museum Project complete and the semester coming to a close, I would like to reflect on the experience. Overall, I enjoyed working on this. I had never been part of something that was so keen on spreading social awareness. One of my favorite parts of the process, in which I learned the most, was our service event. By “learned the most,” I don’t mean research or statistics, but actual awareness for individuals with disabilities. Seeing the fashion show with all the disabled kids really made me reflect on how they live their lives, and how different they live those lives as opposed to ours. In reality, however, we are all the same. They still live on the same Earth we do, they still experience emotions such as love and sadness, and they still must go through life just as we do. The fact is, they must simply go through life with different variations than us. Where we may walk, they may use a wheel chair; where we may talk, they may have to use sign language. They do the same things as us but in different ways. In reality these people are not disabled; their normal is just different from our normal, but it is normal regardless. The whole project in itself not only made me appreciate their lives, but my life as well. Our exhibit day was also extremely enjoyable for me. I loved seeing people go through the challenges we set up for them, and especially loved their reactions. Hearing people say “wow this really is tough,” or “I have to hand it to disabled people, they do a lot,” were the exact things that I wanted to hear. Everything came together better than we had all expected. I felt that all of us were happy with the results of our hard work. As far as my group goes, I enjoyed working with all of them. We were all able to work together and equally contribute to the project.