- [Speech device] Self-care, What is self-care, and why is it important?

- Self-care is taking care of yourself.

- Self-care is taking care of your body.

- If you want to live your own life, you have to learn how to take care of yourself.

- For example, getting up early in the morning, cooking meals for yourself, and do some exercise.

- You have to drink water every day, and you have to get dressed, and you have to go some places by yourself on the access bus.

- Example of care is, being appropriately dressed, going to work.

- It is important to eat healthy, because you might, like, stay strong and healthy.

- [Speaker 3] A healthy diet includes fruits, vegetables, and granola bars.

- [Speaker 2] Blueberries, carrots, bananas.

- If I don't eat healthy diet, things can happen, like, losing, like energy.

- Like you get less energy, and you feel exhausted in the morning.

- I will be weak and not have enough strength to go to work.

- [Speaker 1] Young adults need eight or nine hours of sleep.

- It's important to go to bed on time, because if you wake up past the work time, the boss might get mad at you.

- Good hygiene is important because, you might want to, like, feel clean for work.

- And so you won't smell terrible.

- Good hygiene is brushing your teeth, taking a shower.

- And washing your face.

If I don't have good hygiene, people don't wanna be around me.

- When I'm having trouble living independently, I can get help from my father, my older sister, and teacher.

- I can ask my family member, or my guardian.

- When I'm having trouble living independently, I can get help from my mom, and my caregiver.

- [Narrator] For more from the Ability Awareness Project, visit KBTC.org/AbilityAwareness.

Ability awareness is a KBTC production, made possible with support from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as part of the Next Gen Public Media Accelerator program.