How many times have you as a special needs person sat in the team of therapist, counselors and doctor’s office waiting to be given an IQ test? Do you know what it measured? Did it really measure how intelligent you…
How many times have you as a special needs person sat in the team of therapist, counselors and doctor’s office waiting to be given an IQ test? Do you know what it measured? Did it really measure how intelligent you…
How many times have you sat in a doctor’s, counselors, or therapist office, nodding your head politely because you didn’t understand what they said? Or maybe, it was because you knew exactly what they said, and what they really meant? …
When you think back on your life as a person with Cerebral Palsy and Special Needs, what comes to mind? At first, do you personally think of all the discrimination that has come your way? Do you think of all…
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…