by Mary E. Ulrich | Apr 18, 2024
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series: Going to the family reunion, or not? Part 2: The Circles of Life See Part 1: Going to the family reunion, or not? See Part 3: Going to the family reunion? Shave your armpits. The Circles of Life We’ve all heard the quote about...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Apr 13, 2024
This is the second in a series of posts to explain some of the basic ideas of inclusion and normalization. The first was from one of my heroes Norm Kunc. Norm Kunc| What’s Your Credo? If you find these useful, I hope you will comment and then share them on...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Jan 18, 2023
Playing for Change “Lean on Me” from Playing for Change. What I love about this video is musicians from all over the world are playing the same song. Giving the same message. Gritty to sophisticated, washboards to violins–it’s the same song and...
by Mary E. Ulrich | May 5, 2018
photo credit: jpellgen My granddaughter, Isabella, brought home a paper where all her classmates wrote a sentence about what they liked about her. It reminded me of this story. God Bless her third grade teacher, Mrs. Link. This anonymous story is titled simply,...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Mar 5, 2018
The “R” Word: A Challenge to Bloggers. Stop the “R” Word March 2018 is designated “Stop the ‘R’ Word day. If you go to their website they have many ideas for activities and actions. If we each do one thing, we can make a...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Aug 26, 2017
photo credit: crimsong19 Building Community: One Grocery Trip at a Time With Aaron, my son with the label of autism, every trip to the grocery is an adventure. Before we go, I usually do an ecological assessment (click here) and use some of the skills Aaron learned in...
