Our Destiny is in our Spirits by David Deng

I’m an ABC (American-born Chinese), and I recently graduated from the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology. Currently, I am taking classes at City College of Technology (City Tech). I applied to SYEP for 3 years, this is my first time joining Disability Champions. I applied to this organization to learn how I can support disability and other types of people who need help while they are having trouble. This summer, I gained a lot of knowledge about disability advocacy, important figures in the community, their stories, their actions, and their goal to support different kinds of disabilities in the future. There are tons of different things outside in the world and it is already happening to our community and society. I plan to support those with disabilities who lack the necessary resources. By informing them about essential services that are important for us to know about them, to establish connections with them, and to accept their friendship. We don’t want to ignore them and leave them alone, we want to show our actions to them. 
​The biggest lesson that I learned with Disabilities Champions from their shared stories from the conversations with other disabilities. They have different lives but they have the same connections. They both have their task to show their respect, their attitude, and their feelings to show the young generation to the old generation about their stories. This is not their first time doing so, they are trying to spread their word to outside. There are a lot of things that I didn’t know about, but I will try to keep myself to research more and learn more things about them. There are more, our destiny is in our spirits, we have something to do, and we can try to bring it into a better community. We are not alone. Thank you for reading my story.

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