by Mary E. Ulrich | Jul 27, 2024
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 12, 2024
photo credit: djwhelan Every day we read about good people planning charity events for people with disabilities. I’m not sure how I feel about this. Wait! Are you wondering how I can be an advocate for people with disabilities and not just jump up and down when...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jul 1, 2024
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 20, 2024
What is a Life Space Analysis? Most of us spend our lives trying to squeeze in just one more email, appointment, phone call, or … We dream of the day we can have nothing to do. But is that really what we want? Twenty-five years ago in 1984, Dr. Lou Brown et al....
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jun 3, 2024
“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...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jun 1, 2024
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...
