Currently years from now I would imagine myself as an epidemiologist working in the field of global health specifically looking at Foodborne Infections. I would hopefully be tackling the issue of Foodborne illnesses in rural areas which kill millions per year due to diarrhea. Epidemiologist usually does field work to understand the root of the disease break out, who is at risk, and how to prevent the further spread of such an outbreak. I would imagine they look at the demographics of the community. Specifically in Foodborne diseases I would imagine I would focus my learning on breakout detection in water sources and food toxin ingestion. As an undergrad I would study biology and other natural science, maybe add some business administration incase I could one day open my own company in this work. I enjoy team collaboration, and in this field it is important to get other perspectives and work together. Hopefully as a result I would be helping rural communities in third world countries. I envision myself first working for a large company or government agency like the CDC, then hopefully branching out on my own to run a company with a similar goal by all the connections I have made in my journey.
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I was surprised at how touched and relatable this movie was. The movie I left was more a beautiful story of a women finding herself rather than what I originally thought the movie would portray- a struggle adjusting to a disability. Stephanie, the protagonist, was living a young life without extreme cares. She had a unreliable boyfriend and a job at the German Sea World. She found herself partying on her own to compensate for her non directionality. A girl lost, but maybe did not know it.
Stephanie suffered the loss of both legs, a body part taken for granted in one living a normal life. However this accident did have a positive outcome, I think Stephanie became even more confident in herself. This was not of course instantaneous, at first she was extremely depressed. She slowly ventured out and started spending time with Alic. Stephanie agreed to get prosthetic limbs. Eventually becoming more comfortable in her new skin, and started enjoying life. Eventually I think she matured when she got RIGHT tattooed above her right amputated leg. Out of this tragic accident I think Stephanie matured into a women with direction in her life. She is seen in the last scene with Sam and Alic I looked at the access to one of the entrances to the DUC. This entrance was marked wheel chair accessible. The ramp above is exit only, and is functional for a chair user. The entrance is on ground floor so once instead the DUC one would have to use an elevator located centrally to get up to the dinning level. However I found issues with even getting into the building. There is no slope so the chair user should have no problem on the surface level or material the brick cracks are small and the weather rug is level with the brick. The issue I found with the marked accessible entrance is the automatic door opener does not operate. I pushed the button and the associated door did not open. If the door does not automatically open the actual door structure comes into consideration. The handles on the door are set low and small grip. Not easy to pull open. Also the door is a double door, however I think opening one side of the door is wide enough for a chair user if he/she is able to open the door.The University should look into changing that sign or fixing the non automatic door.
I choose to evaluate the girls bathroom in my residence hall floor. It is marked as handicapped accessible from the outside but the stall itself is not marked. There are a total of 3 stall in the bathroom, one being the handicapped one. This stall like the rest has sliding handles and automatically closing doors. The width of the handicapped door is wider than the rest and complies with ADA suggestions of 32 in. Inside the stall there are 2 long side rails, one on each side of the toilet. The flush is a lever which is the most universal in terms of use for everyone, but it is placed behind the bowl of the toilet maybe causing some problems reaching it. The toilet paper holder on the other hand is easily accessible. A basic problem is that since the bathroom is on the 4th floor there is no opening to the outside, only in the building up an elevator. The stall demarcated for disabled complies with regulations.
I chose to took at the accessibility of different pathways between two buildings on campus, White Hall and Callaway Memorial Center. I started at White and had to make my to Callaway. From white there are two pathways to get to Callaway. Both are made on level ground, however the surface material is different. One pathway is paved, while the other is made of bricks. The spacing of these bricks should not be an issue or crevices etc, but in the winter ice may more easily remain on this surface in the spaces where there is mortar. The pathway made of bricks is also more direct I would say. If walking along the quad, as I said before the surface material is paved so probability better prepared for frost if salted beforehand. There is one complication if you were a chair- user. In order to access the level surface, a person would have to wheel a little further to get access to a sloping path to avoid stairs, adding to the already longer pathway.
I took a critical look at the accessibility of the administration building on campus. This building is centered on flat ground so chair users or ones with walking limps should not have an issue getting to the building itself. From what I noticed the building is symmetrical running horizontally, therefore there are 4 entrances to the building but the ones on opposing sides are the same. Two of the entrances are meant for chair users, since it is at ground level. It is demarcated by a wheel chair- the older symbol, as shown in the video. The symbol has a chair user sitting statically in an encompassing chair, rather than the newer symbol which shows movement of the chair. However the other 2 entrances, the main ones since they are placed on the longer side of the building facing the main road and quad are made of stairs. The stairs have no ramp. This could be taken as a symbol for the people they want to have access to the building. A statement to chair users that only some are good enough to use the main entrance. It os interesting since it is the administration building, representing power over the campus.
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