by Mary E. Ulrich | Jan 21, 2014
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...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jan 20, 2014
In my class, “Introduction to Exceptionalities,” we read an article by Paul Longmore about the social construction of disabilities. The point being that the traditional “medical paradigm” points the disability finger at the person– they...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Nov 7, 2013
Wretches & Jabberers Is A Nationwide Hit! Wretches and Jabberers is a movie about Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, two men with autism, as they embark on a global quest to change attitudes about disability and intelligence while promoting the importance of...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Nov 7, 2013
I’ve been getting questions about Facilitated Communication. In the book Far From the Tree, the author Andrew Solomon interviews Ben Lehr who uses FC. Sue Lehr, of course, is one of the pioneers who works at Syracuse University and is a role model to us all. So,...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Oct 5, 2013
Searching for Happy Ever Afters One of my favorite quotes is: “Look at what you have left, not at what you have lost (Schuller).” Great advice. But when your life is full of losses, it is difficult to let go of the sadness and find joy in what is...
