I was really excited to learn about this show. It features a boy with CP and his family. And get this. The young actor actually has Cerebral Palsy. Hallelujah! He's not just in a wheelchair onscreen, and walking to craft services the minute they yell "cut".
Wow, she really wants breakfast! Haha!
The daughter's learning to confuse men. All you have to do is yell, and they give up.
Burn! Take that, Southern Belle. I can't stand those people who want to teach you a lesson. I know I'm in a handicapped spot; you don't have to tell me. And unlike you, I need it.
I was mainstreamed, so I can't imagine being forced into special-ed or a "special school" just because I'm in a wheelchair. But, I know it happens. United Cerebral Palsy has a school on Long Island, where I live. I did go to a school for the disabled for preschool, though. It was mostly to develop my wheelchair skills and using long-leg braces to walk.
I feel bad for the second son. The sibling dynamic is realistic here. I'm sure my siblings would have appreciated a little more attention to their needs, but in the end I was just their big sister, not their "disabled big sister".
Ha! A cell tower masquerading as a tree.
They didn't have to do any construction to make it accessible?
That neighbor kid has issues. Good thing they moved.
I have spina bifida, which for me means I'm only paralyzed from the waist down. I didn't need someone to speak or write for me, but until college I did have an aide to escort me to classes, and the bathroom (in high school I had to use the faculty one, kept locked). They were never allowed to wheel me, as per my mom's instructions, but it was nice having someone available to lift my backpack and hook it on my handlebars. That sucker was heavy!
Oh. Dear. God. Two seconds in, and that woman is giving even me a headache. Why do people assume if you're in a wheelchair, they need to talk to you in a baby voice?
Okay, this principal is on some serious meds. And a sea slug? You know she just changed the theme and the mascot 'cause she found out there's a kid in a wheelchair coming to her school.
Yeah, I don't like "crippled" either. And I had to go to the elementary school farther from my house because they were accessible, and the one closer to my house was not at the time. This meant that I didn't attend elementary school with my sister, who was only two grades behind me. I feel Mrs. DiMeo's pain.
Whoa, slow your roll, Teach. He's a kid, not the President. Do you want him to be bullied? And personally, if one more person calls me "an inspiration", I'll scream.
I'm with Dylan. What is this non-competitive, Kumbaya crap in schools now?
Boy, she's gone off on a lot of schools.
You go, Jillian.
This aide is clearly too much of a Nervous Nellie for this family.
You'll have to come down sometime, Ray. Haha!
Now that's a voice. Good for you, JJ.
Why you little sneak. You know eventually her boyfriend will hunt you down, Ray.
Based on the first episode, the show is funny yet heart-warming. It is not preachy. JJ doesn't have a woe-is-me attitude. I would like to see interaction with his classmates in future episodes. Right now, it's "him" vs. "everyone else".
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