During this interview, Leigh introduced me to a new point of view on athletes’ mental health. She talked a lot about how mental issues that athletes get aren’t really diagnosable because they aren’t specific to one health issue. When specifically elite male athletes get mental issues the main problem is not wanting to talk about…
During this interview with Alex Schlopey I learned stuff that I really never imaged were real problems in the sports world. We talked a lot about the stress competators have during and before the competitions. He said the adrenaline from the X Games made regular life feel boring. He was so used to all the…
At the Museum we met our tour guide and they taught us about activism in New york. I learned about many different strategies used to protest and make change. I really liked how they made art be a type of social protest, and how Black Lives Matter protests make really creative signs to try and make change. I couldn’t believe that 1 in 20 train stations are accessible to people with disabilities. New York says all train stations will be accessible by around 2035. That is 11 years from now. I couldn’t imagine how hard it is for people in wheelchairs or people with other disabilities to use trains or transport around New York. Right now I use a car to get around because I’m currently in crutches and I know I am very lucky to have a car in New York because not many people have one. I saw a few acts of activism that I have learned about before, such as Rosa Park not sitting at the back of the bus, and the transgender activists starting the gay pride parade.
