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The Sunday Paper for April 20, 2008…
…and a cup of coffee Every Sunday I hope to offer you my version of the Sunday paper with articles from the past week or two, relevant or uplifitng (or both), on various issues within the special needs community. ‘High School Musical’ production takes social inclusion to new level One of the most successful Disney …
One Shoe Two Shoe Three Shoe Four…
…five shoe, six shoe, seven shoe – Heavens Sake NO MORE!!! Sounds like a cute rhyme that preschoolers say to learn their numbers but for me it was a little ditty about buying shoes for Katherine yesterday. Katherine has never been a shoe horse – when you wear an orthotic, fashion via shoes is never …
JacksLists.org
I found this blog because the mom, Nancy found me. What a blessing that was!! Nancy is mom to Jack. Jack is a child who has a visual impairment which leaves him legally blind. I’m sharing with you an comment I left on one of her blog posts because I felt the post was that …
One Dose of Tough Love
The past few weeks I’ve been engaging in the task of reviewing several different classes in an effort to find an appropriate high school placement for Katherine. Certainly not the first time I have had to go view multiple classroom settings. Katherine’s placements have had to change more often than I care to even think …
For today, we light a candle
Well today we had to sit down and tell Katherine that Auntie’s illness was more than just jaundice. The word cancer in our family understandably has the most serious of connotations. Katherine is named for two people who died of cancer. Auntie was best friends with these two extraordinary ladies. One of those ladies was …
Outside of the comfort zone
Last night I finally got to watch my TIVO’d recap and results show for Dancing with the Stars (have to make sure Marlee gets through to the next round) and found that what I took from the show wasn’t really anything to do with Marlee although I’m sure she could have said the same thing. …
The Disability Savings Act of 2008
First of all – Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! As a proud irishwoman I can’t let the day go by without acknowledging it! Today I wanted you all to become aware of a piece of legislation introduced by former presidential candidate Senator Chris Dodd. It is called the Disability Savings Act of 2008. According to Senator …
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