Is Unschooling Our Path to Real Inclusion?
Posted: July 2, 2013 Filed under: disability, Down syndrome, education, kids, The System | Tags: Down syndrome, Education, homeschool, Special Needs, Trisomy 21, Unschooling 10 CommentsSchooling. Achievement. Ability.
Of course my children would go to school. And of course they would rock it. That is what you do. That is what I did.
I’m not sure anymore. Read the rest of this entry »
Every Day: Shifting the Narrative
Posted: May 2, 2013 Filed under: advocacy, Down syndrome, the future | Tags: advocacy, Down syndrome, Robert Ethan Saylor, Special Needs, Zero Dark Thirty 16 CommentsDown Syndrome Uprising (DSU) is hosting a blog hop about every day advocacy. The question DSU poses is: What does your every day advocacy look like? For me, it is about shifting the narrative. Every day, every single one of us participates in a collective narrative. Every word we choose becomes part of this narrative. The idea of being an advocate doesn’t come naturally to me; LP had to shove me into that role. Nonetheless, now that I’m here, I’m having a hard time shutting up.
I have three stories… Read the rest of this entry »
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