Day 29 - Thinking about the future is always hard. None of us really knows what it holds. I never know from one day to the next what to expect. Baby Girl lives mostly in the now but she does have some aspirations! She’s ready to be a fourth grader, she wants to be a safety patrol one day and she wants to go to Clemson like her sister! Lucky for all of us those things are not entirely out of the realm of possibility, even college. Clemson has a program called Clemson Life that has been designed for students with disabilities that desire a post secondary education on a college campus and its AMAZING! Students live together in dorms with a resident assistant to help with independent living skills. Students learn about budgets and banking, functional reading and math, appropriate social skills, safety, health and skills for employment. Students even complete work internships. They get to participate fully in all that campus life has to offer. The four year program is all about helping these students learn to be more self sufficient. Did I mention it’s AMAZING? The Grown Up Girl submits her very last college research project tonight meaning that our family will have its 6th Clemson alum. Could Baby Girl be lucky #7 a mere decade from now? You better believe it - because she sure does! 🧡💜🐅💜🧡 #30facesofautism
If you’d like to learn more about Clemson Life visit https://www.clemson.edu/education/research/programs/culife/
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