Disability Systems Advocacy. That’s 3 big words, but don’t worry, you can do this. And, we need you to do this. Our world is changing, but change to disability rights isn’t coming quickly enough.
Whether it be a small change in your own home or school to lobbying for Federal legislation, I’ll give you the information, support, stories, and inspiration you need to make the world a better place for our kids.
Some examples:
Bear with me, I’m going to do a recap of my day at BlogHer, and I’ll try to be brief but want to put it all in one post. First, a bit of background. Earlier this summer, I turned 42. I think it triggered a mild mid-life crisis. Luckily, I haven’t purchased a sports car …
{BlogHer 2012} Social Good, Swag, Celebrity Haters & my mid-life crisis confirmed Read More »
Do you watch Jersey Shore? I do, it’s one of my guilty pleasures and I don’t believe there’s an episode I haven’t seen. I usually watch them online when I can get to them. Friday night, I was laying in bed watching Thursday night’s episode. The short version of the episode is that in addition …
Anxiety & Depression disorders: lessons learned from Jersey Shore (no, seriously!) Read More »
Most of you have already seen this Letter to the Editor that I wrote to the Daily Local. I’m putting this on here more for me, so that I always have a copy and can reference it if I want to, especially if the link disappears (which it has). Basically, on Monday, there was an article …
Letter to editor regarding Pennhurst Read More »
I went to a workshop today; it’s a part of the series of workshops to become a certified Special Education Advocate. Today, I sat with Michele (co-author of this blog) as usual, but we also sat with three moms that we’ve never sat with before. (And we gave them the link to this website, so …
That is one of my favorite quotes ever, from Randy Pausch. If you haven’t watched his “Last Lecture” I highly recommend you set aside an hour in your life and do so. You won’t regret it. Tomorrow is the anniversary of our D-Day. Diagnosis day. I won’t bore you with a long diatribe about how ours came …
Have I reached acceptance, or am I settling? Read More »