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Advocacy is Sharing Your Story to Help Others See the Human Side and Place People First

2016-12-14T13:58:59-05:00September 23rd, 2016|

There is a time when I advocated or my child that stands out in my mind and I want to share the story with you. Eric was about 3 years old and we were at the hospital for a g-tube insertion.  He had been having frequent lung infections and after [...]

Parenting a Child With a Disability is a Reason to Celebrate

2016-12-14T14:08:42-05:00September 16th, 2016|

  I was watching a movie the other night. The story line was about a young couple expecting a baby. They came home from their first doctor's appointment and when they walked through the front door, the first thing they said to their family was "well, we're lucky, ‘it's’ perfect, [...]

Intellectual Disability Doesn’t Mean Lack of Intelligence – What I Learned From My Son

2016-12-14T14:09:44-05:00August 26th, 2016|

He didn’t talk.  He couldn’t walk.  Sometimes I knew that he was with me; other times he seemed to be in his own world.  I wasn’t sure what he understood about the world around him or if he realized who I was.  Until one day, he let me know.  I [...]

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