by Mary E. Ulrich | Jun 22, 2014
Living in a House of Cards| Non-Profits, HUD, Medicaid Waivers (Part 1) My friend Debbie Wetzel always said the human service system was a house of cards. As parents of people with severe disabilities, we need many agencies, many people working together to get basic...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Apr 5, 2013
photo credit: Okinawa Soba Bulletin Board Today and Everyday is “Stop the ‘R’ word” Day. Parents, Advocates and Schools around the country are joining in. Many people are always complaining that the world is too complex –there is nothing...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Aug 24, 2012
Retarded–no more. Sept. 22, 2010 The US House of Representatives has unanimously approved a bill to replace the term “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” with “intellectual disability” and “individual with an...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Mar 15, 2011
photo credit: Okinawa Soba Bulletin Board #3 “Too many defective people…” This week we were shocked when GOP Senator Harty said people with disabilities: including mental illness, mental retardation… and other defective people should be shipped...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Nov 9, 2010
When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. R. Schuller Dream Plan for Aaron: 1981 (Part 1) (click here) talked about Aaron when he was age 6 and Tommy age 4. In Part 2 I will talk about when Aaron was in Junior High. In 1989 Aaron was 14 and Tommy 13. In a later post, I...
