by Mary E. Ulrich | Aug 9, 2024
BACK to SCHOOL Article 2 To celebrate the new school year here are some of my favorite posts. Article 1: Why Do We Go to School? Article 2: A New Year of Learning This is one of my favorite stories–an updated article from when Aaron was 8 years old and Tommy 6....
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 25, 2024
Tale of Two Brothers: Sibs of People with Disabilities It was the best of times and the worst of times. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) All boys and girls grow up into adults. If the statistics are correct that one in 86 children now have the label of...
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...
