- I'm here with Erica and Kira at the State Games.
How are y'all doing today?
- We're great. We're excited to be here.
- I understand that you attend a Unified Championship school. - Yes.
- So what are Unified Championship schools?
- Unified Champion schools, otherwise UCS we call it,
is dedicated to having students with and without intellectual disabilities
come together.
We do a lot of student leadership
so they have the opportunity
to be student leaders in their school
and in their community.
We've got volunteer opportunities that we've been a part of.
In our school specifically we've done volunteering
at the indoor sports tournament with Special Olympics
and other events like today's event with the soccer and stuff.
So we're excited to share that
and bring that to other schools as well.
- I love your shirts. - Yes.
- Can you tell me what does it mean to you to "Live Unified"?
- We love friends to play with.
We play basketball in the main gym.
It's pretty good and volleyball.
We play kickball too.
It's pretty good at games.
And we walked in the hallway too by Columbus High School.
That's what we did and put stuff on the locker.
- Yeah, we've done a lot of things.
We do sports together.
She's talking about we've hung positive notes
and reinforcements on people's lockers.
We've done a lot of fun things
making sure that people with and without disabilities,
everyone is accepted, included.
Appreciated for who they are
and everything that they are, regardless of ability.
- Sounds like you've been friends for a long time too?
- Yes, we're always looking out for each other.
We love to hang out
and we've connected more than we ever thought we would.
It was kind of an instant connection.
Even when we were as young as we were.
We just had that connection and it's grown ever since.
So we're excited to start this new chapter in our lives
even though we won't be together,
we know we're always going to have that friendship.
- Thank you so much ladies. - Thank you.