Making supper

Yesterday i learned how to make supper for the whole family. I made broccoli and cheddar stuffed chicken, potatoes, and garden salad.  I started with grating the cheese then I moved on to cutting the broccoli. After when the chicken breasts were cut I put the filling into them which was the broccoli and cheese. The hardest parts was sticking the toothpicks in so the filling would not fall out. Then I coated the chicken with shake and bake. After the chicken was in the tinfoil covered tray we added potatoes. Then I started the salad. First I chopped some mushrooms. Then I cut carrots with a fancy cutter which was cool. My mom cut out the core of the lettuce. Then I ripped some of the lettuce which was cool. After everything was in the bowl I tossed the salad. I even made brownies for dessert by myself. The whole family enjoyed and the dog got to try some too. I had so much fun cooking for my family

Getting ready for college

Hey readers,
Today I went to my college for next yeat and had my first meeting with the disability center. They showed me what services they provide. They provide a lot of stuff to help people with special learning needs get through school. They want everyone to succeed. I learned a lot of thing today. Some services they provide are peer tutoring which is having someone to sit with you at lunch or hang out. They also provide electronics to help people. They said they want everyone to do well at school.
They have a club for autism student which is neat. The school is even trying to set up a room where the people in this club can go during the day to get away from the busyness of school. This will also help me make friends like me.
After this meeting I am getting excited to start school in September. I will be going back in two weeks to visit them again.
I also have gone on a tour of the school with my sister's friend Nicole and will hopefully have a few more in the summer.
Becky

Swimming lesson

Hey
Thanks to everyone who reads my blog.

Here is an update on one of my goals for this summer. I am learning how to swim. This week was my first swim lesson. I learned how to do a back float and a front float. I also went underwater which is a huge step for me. I learned the front glide and back glide.

For my second swimming lesson i did my floats and practiced my glides. I learned how to do a side glide. I also did underwater bobs. Going in under the water twice. I also learned how to transfer from a front glide into a side glide. I am doing pretty good with swimming. I am getting less afraid of the water. I am doing my swimming lessons in our pool at home.

With my third swimming lesson I am learning how to go to the side to breath. My glides are getting better. Last night I did 10 bobs in a row with just one breath break. Still trying to do my floats. Swimming and going underwater is scary by I am learning to work through it. It gets less scary the more I do it. Don't let your fears get in the way of learning something new!

Stay tuned for another goal update tomorrow.
Becky

Here is a photo of me practicing my back glides.

Here is a video of me working on my front glides. Today was the first day of swimming all the way through the middle of the pool where it is deepest. This was always one of my fears. Yay I did it, another thing off the list!

Psychology Test and Results

Over the last few months I have had to go to a psychologist for testing. My testing was for college so that they can find out the best ways for me to learn. The psychologist did lots of different tests. One of my favourites was thinking of words that started with a letter from the alphabet. For example like an A letter word would be "awesome". Some of the tests are timed which makes them more difficult. Some of the tests I did not like were the block puzzles and memory tests.
From the results of these tests I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The psychologist also gave us a lot of suggestions to make school better for me next year.  If you thinking of doing psychology testing then my advice would be go for it. It is not a scary a test and some of the tests are really fun and can help you in the future.