E-Community Activity: Affirming Success

Send this message to the e-community of protégés and mentors.

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.