by Mary E. Ulrich | Jun 23, 2014
Our House of Cards|Disability Style (Part 2) Introduction: I am going to try to describe what happened to Aaron, my son, when he was 36 years old. Aaron has the labels of autism and developmental disabilities. It is a complicated story. In the comments, let me know if...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jan 22, 2014
photo credit: HikingArtist.com The Right to Communicate| We are the (new) Experts In the early 90s, Rosemary Crossley, Annie McDonald, Doug Biklen and others shocked the world with new ideas about people with the labels of severe disabilities and autism being able to...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jan 21, 2014
Build a dream and the dream will build you. R. Schuller. What is Normalization? In 1981 when Aaron was 6 years old, my friend Debbie Wetzel and I drove to Louisville, KY to hear Wolf Wolfensberger give a presentation on “Normalization” or “Social...
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 | Feb 17, 2011
The Norwegian Association of the Blind made these commercials. What do you think? Comments: All right, there is no excuse for not having a comment on these videos. After you laugh, think a couple minutes and then share your thoughts. Are they Funny? Creative? Good...
