Hope for Families of People with Disabilities|Bob Perske

Robert and Martha Perske Today I was thinking of Martha and Bob Perske. Martha’s beautiful sketches of children with disabilities are in frames over my desk and in buildings all over this country. Bob is now gone, but as we each get older and wonder if our lives...

Memory rocks: not being objective

We’re moved to be closer to our kids and deal with health issues I talked about in the post “…the yet-to-be-disabled”(click here). For the last 10 years, we’ve loved everything about our condo: our neighbors, the location, the resort...

Thoughts on First Ed Roberts’ Day

Thanks to everyone who Tweeted, Facebooked (is that a word?) and otherwise shared information about Ed Roberts and his first official memorial day in California The Ed Roberts Campus at Berekley California is open. The campus uses Universal Design and is built for...

IEP Videos

photo credit: █ Slices of Light █▀ ▀ Last post, I shared some videos from the Norweigan Association of the Blind.Here’s a collection of videos about the IEP and Acronymns. I’m still looking for any videos or websites about the rights of adults with severe...

Shouting my COMMITMENT!

photo credit: wallyg Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care? Each of us has transformational moments in our lives. One of mine was watching the musical 1776. In one scene the night before the vote on independency, John Adams reads a letter from George Washington and...