Entries from March 2008

March 29, 2008

Advocacy T-shirts

NOT
BEING ABLE
TO SPEAK
IS NOT
THE SAME
AS NOT
HAVING
ANYTHING
TO SAY
As I am someone who loves to talk (and I mean talk a lot, like I rarely shut up)  its a cruel twist of fate that my daughter has Angelman Syndrome and is unable to speak. 
The popularity of t-shirts with sayings is great for her!  She has lots of cute ones, and a [...]

March 29, 2008

To Be Given The Chance To Be A Regular Kid

I haven’t posted it yet, but there has been some “drama” in our local newspaper in response to a letter I wrote about inclusion.  I guess not even so much about inclusion, it was more that segregating people with disabilities is wrong.  The center program (ie segregated educational facility) and Holiday Camp (ie segregated summer [...]

March 28, 2008

Oh. My. Goodness.

I would like to thank everyone who has visited my blog!  After a not so swell day, it was awesome to see a message that my blog had its best day ever (as in number of hits).  And then even more awesome when I saw an email from three days ago saying my blog had its best [...]