The dangerous idea of change is a focus too much on words, and not on people’s well being. When experts believe they have a right to limit every part of how a “Special Needs Person” can make decisions and not…
The dangerous idea of change is a focus too much on words, and not on people’s well being. When experts believe they have a right to limit every part of how a “Special Needs Person” can make decisions and not…
Where did it all begin? Who knows? But the effects it has left on the special needs community goes much deeper than any of us know. How many times have you been called developmentally delayed instead of just plain Cerebral…
While stretching out your arm to grasp the good things in life one desires and dreams of, have you as a person with Cerebral Palsy become aware of what actions you must take in your life to accomplish want you…
It seems as though Cerebral Palsy individuals and their parents have a figment of their imagination. Have you or your special needs child ever sat in on an IPP or IEP meeting where the hearts of The Child Study Team…
Have you ever sat-in on your own meeting being disabled and having Cerebral Palsy, or sat beside your child trying to figure out how you can help them? These meetings often seem to be well intentioned, but in reality, are…
Have you ever been in a situation where two minds clash? Often there is something not visible that determines our will and thoughts. Something is triggered within that makes us stand-up to attention and balk. Our attitudes about what we…
Is it the way you speak, or the way you share? Is it the way you carry yourself and share with others? Is it the intensity you put on life’s issues? Everything we do requires an energy that comes from…
When you look from within out, what do you see? How do you feel? And what do you sense? Is it an accepting, loving energy which nurtures you and makes you feel full and complete inside, like the warm rays…
Incremental Change How many of my readers have tip toed through the hot sand, until you reach the shore line. Once there, the child within comes alive. You play tag with the ebb and flow, and gallop in pure gaiety…
For the last few day’s I have been thinking, mulling over, and contemplating ideas about what I should write next for the issue of this magazine. Then I talked with one of my disabled colleagues and discussed the kind of…