by Mary E. Ulrich | Jul 23, 2012
The Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities (MN DD Council) does remarkable work. On this blog, I often reference the Parallels in Time (history of people with disabilities) and their Partners in Policymaking Program. This week MNDDC announced a new...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jul 4, 2012
The Case of the Bleeding Pork Chop This week I received an “incident report” from my son’s adult day program–they are the ones who take care of Aaron from 9-4 each day. The residential staff, who prepared Aaron’s lunch, were written up for: “safety...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Feb 18, 2012
Hand Therapy| Homework with a Bang Life Long Learning| like it or not. Six weeks ago I fell and broke my wrist. Bad news is that it hurt like #$@! The good news is it’s healing well and gave me the opportunity to learn more about therapy. Hey, I’m a...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Sep 27, 2011
Amazing News: A House and Roommate| Part 12 Miracles Do Happen: Last week, a non-profit agency bought a house near our home. They will accept Aaron’s HUD housing choice rent voucher. Today, we met with a young man and his mother and we think we found a roommate match....
by Mary E. Ulrich | Aug 12, 2011
photo credit: numberstumper Should I rent a billboard| Medicaid Waiver Roommates Part 9 This is Part 9 in a series of posts about moving my son Aaron, who has the label of autism, from his current residence to the county where we live. If you want the background click...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Aug 11, 2011
photo credit: monkeyc.net Roommate Hunt Continues: Medicaid Waiver style| Part 8 This is Part 8 in a series of posts about moving my son Aaron, who has the label of autism, from one county to the adjoining county where we live. If you want the background click on...