by Mary E. Ulrich | Aug 1, 2023
Why do we go to school? Is it to go to magical places? Is it to make friends? Is it to keep kids off the streets? Is it to give Mom and Dad a rest? Or someplace for the kids to go while she/he works? Is it only to learn to read and write? When our country was founded,...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jul 27, 2023
The Power of our Words This is part 3 of a series on classic concepts to understand Normalization and Inclusion. The first was Norm Kunc| A Credo of Support The second was about The difference between the words “Disability” and “Handicapped.” Mayer Shevin wrote this...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jul 1, 2023
photo credit: bradleygee On “Happy Feet,” “Retarded Teeth” and “Carnival Goldfish” From 1986 (Aaron 12 years, Tommy 10 years) Carnival Goldfish Last year at our PTA school carnival, my son Tommy, after numerous tries, threw the ping pong ball in the little glass bowl...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jun 6, 2023
Tommy is in the second row. Of course, Aaron is the red head in the middle of the picture who refused to look at the camera. My last post Teachers| Inclusion or Segregation started an interesting discussion. It reminded me of the letter I wrote to the Principal of...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jun 3, 2023
Anyone can be a Father, but only someone special can be a Dad. (anon.) “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” (Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, 1961.) What is a Father’s “unconditional love”? Many...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jun 1, 2023
Hi Everyone. Getting ready for a vacation? Thought you might like to read about the family trip that changed our lives. Oh, Beautiful for spacious skies… From the moment I was pregnant, my husband Tom dreamed of the day he could retrace his childhood trip out...