Senior Thesis Approval!

I am PwD.

That sentence, no matter how much I say it and repeat it myself, after almost 8 years of the accident, it's still like touching a wound.

Wound that no matter how healed it is, no matter how scab has already grown in the wound, if you touch it, it still hurts. It hurts to know that, as much as I try, unfortunately, I have to accept, I really can't do things just like everyone else anymore.

I don't like and never have liked to put myself in a victim position. Anyone who knows me knows that I go to the end of the battles I propose to fight.

This was the conclusion of my Business Administration course, which started in 2015.

The accident was a big part of my journey through college. Climbing stairs on a walker, crutches, use of orthoses, walking stick, but never stopped giving my best. Since the first college subjects, starting the mathematics subjects, returning to the Junior Company, presenting consulting processes to clients. The first internship, the process as an apprentice at AMBEV, the work at Startup Lady Driver Salvador; and the Undergraduate Thesis.

In my Senior Thesis, researching about people with disabilities in organizations, reading, getting in touch with organizations, once again, as on a daily basis, I understand the power of the phrase I am a PCD, for me and for 20% of the Brazilian population.

This saying, this reality, I know it doesn't mean I won't achieve what I set out to do, I know it doesn't make me better or worse than anyone else, I know that despite the looks hurting, the sayings hurting, I'll keep trying to spread this other look around the world, whether through my surroundings, or through the reach of my blog, my social networks, job interviews or a cbt bank.

Today, Tuesday the 13/12/2022th, I presented my Senior Thesis, reaching my approval! One more step accomplished and an immensity of possibilities ahead of me.

Thank you Federal University of Bahia.