Something that's talked about a lot in disability circles and special education circles is something called dignity of risk. Basically, what that means is that we ALL must be allowed to make our own choices - good OR bad, within safety limits of course. For example, let's suppose that a child with a disability has a full time, 1 to 1 aide in school. One day, the child decides to...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Saturday, February 2, 2013
I'm 20 and I'm Tired
Inspired by/response to I'm Tired, by Robert A. Hall, mistakenly attributed to Bill Cosby.
I'm 20 and I'm tired.
No, I'm not just tired, I'm bone-weary, literally exhausted. I deal with multiple chronic conditions that cause fatigue. And if my conditions themselves don't completely exhaust me, the medication I take to control them and keep me a functioning human being does. On...
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