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Subject: Affirming success
Some positive affirmations from successful people with disabilities are listed below. Read each statement and think about your level of agreement with it.
- I know my strengths and challenges.
- I know what is important to me.
- I know what I need versus what I prefer.
- I know what options I have.
- I am an independent thinker.
- I am optimistic about my future.
- I care about my school, my community, and other people.
- I act on my own convictions.
- I recognize and respect my rights and responsibilities.
- I can resist negative peer pressure.
- I am comfortable with my disability.
- I take my disability into account when I set goals and develop strategies, but I realize that it is only a small part of my identity.
- I can deal with the negative stereotypes of others in a constructive way.
Share with us an additional affirmation statement that is true about you now or that you would like to be true about yourself in the future.