Expecting a child is an exciting time.  From the moment that pregnancy test indicates “positive”, your whole life begins to shift.  The anticipation of having a child provides joy and happiness that is difficult to match. Your child is born and something magical happens.  There is an immediate bond; a [...]

I have to admit; I wasn’t always a believer in inclusive education.  Having my child go to school with all of the normal kids?  That didn’t seem possible. The idea was first introduced to us when Eric was about 2 years old.  One of the early intervention specialists had suggested [...]

It was about 45 years ago, the first time I met someone with a disability. As a young girl I would travel every summer with my mother to Winnipeg, Manitoba.  My mom lived there for most of her life so each year we made a trip to see family and [...]