People with disabilities often find it hard to navigate activities that we take for granted. Things as simple as driving a vehicle, walking the stairs to class, or finding a seat when you get there can be an everyday obstacle. Taking time to notice these things in our everyday routine gives us just an inkling of insight into what some have to go through. Just yesterday, I made a point to observe during my daily routine the everyday obstacles that someone with a disability would encounter. It started with my drive to school. My grandmother is bound to scooter to get around and I know from helping her the difficulty she has in getting in and out of a vehicle. Then once one is out of the car, the obstacles begin on campus. The amount of steps and elevation changes on this campus are plenty without having a disability. Just getting to a building where your class is held would take detours and planning ahead. All of the buildings on campus were originally built without anyone handicapped in mind, so needless to say, they have many steps and staircases. Once one finds their way into class, finding a seat can be difficult. Most of my classes either have tables with many chairs, or have many rows of tables separated slanted at an elevation. Just looking at them, it looks like it would be hard for a person with a disability to find a place to sit, especially in ones with the floor being slanted uphill. All this made me think about something I read in the book about normalization. "Normalization means making available to all persons with disabilities or other handicaps, patterns of life and conditions of everyday living which are as close as possible to or indeed the same as the regular circumstances and ways of life of society" (Gollnick, p. 189). I feel like the school has done a great deal in adapting for those with disabilities to have as "normal" a school experience as possible. However, this experience can still be difficult and in the future, more must be done to accommodate those with disabilities.