I was part of the Special Education Network & Inclusion Association also known as the SENIA Manila Youth Chapter for 5 years when I used to live in The Philippines. I had lots of friends in SENIA and I liked hanging out with them. The group is still going and progressing even if I'm not there anymore.
Do people have the right to judge us for who we are and what makes us special?
'Senia: Are we really that different?' is a video about group of international students who all have learning challenges, and handle them in different ways. Each stride we take, we are faced with new obstacles that our learning challenges prevent us from conquering but we still persevere!
The video is our, Manila Youth Chapter's, way of spreading awareness about the kinds of challenges we students take. No matter the challenge, we cope with them in our own way and in our own time.
This video has two sides: what we struggle with and how we excel in our hobbies and activities. We want to show that even though we are different, we aren't. We have learning differences that make us special and unique, however we are human just like you.
Learning challenges are not rare to society and by just accepting that not everyone thinks a like, we become more accepting as mankind. Our goal is to help the education in the Philippines be more aware of this challenge, since the learning support programs needs to be more developed and wide spread in the Philippines. If kids, at a young age, get the support they need; it will give them a brighter future.
'Senia: Are we really that different?' is a video about group of international students who all have learning challenges, and handle them in different ways. Each stride we take, we are faced with new obstacles that our learning challenges prevent us from conquering but we still persevere!
The video is our, Manila Youth Chapter's, way of spreading awareness about the kinds of challenges we students take. No matter the challenge, we cope with them in our own way and in our own time.
This video has two sides: what we struggle with and how we excel in our hobbies and activities. We want to show that even though we are different, we aren't. We have learning differences that make us special and unique, however we are human just like you.
Learning challenges are not rare to society and by just accepting that not everyone thinks a like, we become more accepting as mankind. Our goal is to help the education in the Philippines be more aware of this challenge, since the learning support programs needs to be more developed and wide spread in the Philippines. If kids, at a young age, get the support they need; it will give them a brighter future.