Growing to your full pOTential

     For this blog, we chose two states and read chapters about them in the books, 50 Abilities, Unlimited Possibilities: Racing to the Final Finish Line From Salt Lake City to the Mountains of Montana and 50 Abilities, Unlimited Possibilities: Wheeling Through 50 States. These books talk about Paul Erway and his friends journey in completing 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 weeks. This is really and eye-opening reading about our society and the motivation behind what we as human beings do regardless of our abilities and disabilities. The two states I focused on were Arizona and Virginia/ DC, where his sub-titles for them were enthusiasm and integrity.                                                                Phoenix, Arizona:     The first state I read was his experience in Arizona. The subtitle...

  Picture: A MOT student bending down to search for something in the cabinet. Picture 2: A MOT student sitting in her regular position. Picture 3: A MOT student sitting in a relaxed position checking her phone.        I observed 3 different classmates during our leisure time before and after our first class. The first student is student was bending down to see if she can find something in the cabinet, the second was just sitting leaning forward and the third student with her phone scrolling through social media.       In picture 2, we have the MOT student sitting down with exaggerated spinal curves flexing forward. Her pelvis is in a posterior tilt and her pelvis rotated slightly to the right. Her cervical spine is extremely curved, her thoracic spine is also curved  and her lumbar spine is flattened. Her left leg is slightly extended on a scooter seat and the right knee is flexed about 60 degrees facing the floor. Her head is also shift...

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