{"id":1534,"date":"2022-12-16T09:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T22:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2022-12-16T09:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T22:14:39","slug":"dreaming-of-a-city-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/voice\/2022\/12\/16\/dreaming-of-a-city-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreaming of a city life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Josh Firrell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I live on a farm with my family, and I would like to move to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to move out to Toowoomba and I\u2019d like to share a house with my friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve wanted to move out of home forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My parents are happy and excited for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just need to learn some cooking. Me and my mum cook tacos for Taco Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wash the clothes and put them on the line. I do all the family washing. I fold the clothes on a Friday too. I also clean the bathroom basin and do dusting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It makes me feel excited to live by myself.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was born in Toowoomba in 1997. I think it\u2019s a nice place to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My sister Ellen lives there too but it is a long distance to drive to visit her from our farm now. I stay in Toowoomba with her once a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like to go to the Latch On program in Toowoomba. I\u2019ve met old friends and new friends at Latch On.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d like to meet a nice girl and have a girlfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d also like to have a car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been driving since 2020. I\u2019m on my Learners. I do drive a lot on the farm checking the troughs, the gates and the cattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once I went up the hill and put it on the all-wheel drive and went so fast and got bogged. I got mud everywhere. But I put it in reverse and swerved sideways a bit and got out of it. I was by myself. After that I went back to the house and got the mud off and washed the car. Half of the mud didn\u2019t come off. I knew not to drive forward because I thought I would get more stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It makes me feel good to drive on my own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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