Sparkle Effect Cheerleaders
"SPARKLE EFFECT" Cheer Program for Students with Disabilities
The Finneytown High School Cheerleaders proudly announce the start of a new inclusive cheer program that includes students with disabilities. Students with disabilities will have an opportunity to cheer for and with their peers at this years home football and basketball games.
This innovative student-run program encourages students nationwide to include students with disabilities at junior high, high school, and college level to cheer-male or female. The Sparkle Effect squad will play a part in enhancing social, communication, and physical skills in these students, as well as having a positive effect on the school and community. We want to make game night an experience for everyone !
Join us on MONDAY NIGHT, MAY 13TH, 7PM IN THE MP AT FINNEYTOWN SECONDARY CAMPUS
We will have an information night, meet the coaches and some of this years cheerleaders, and even have the opportunity to register for this years "Sparkle Effect" cheer squad.
For additional information, please visit the website-www.The
You can also contact Dianna Watson, FHS Cheer Coach at DWatson@finneyt
WHO'S READY TO SPARKLE?
Puberty Happens...
Our children generally hit puberty head on regardless of their functioning "age" capacity. We see the changes physically but we don't factor in that the hormones are buzzing the same as any typical developing biological peer.
We noticed changes in Elisabeth's behavior toward the opposite sex around twelve but we weren't thinking, "Oh, this is puberty" because she's generally happy-go-lucky. She just happens to be around a lot of males -- her uncles, cousins, and friends at school. In fact, there were so many other issues going on "puberty" took a back seat until she turned 18. When we started experiencing changes in her sleep habits, staying up later for example, then it all made sense. But she's not a baby anymore even though she is very petite and some people still treat her like a baby. In fact, because of her size, people think she is much younger -- like 10 or 11.
In church, she would throw her chains behind her when she saw a cute college boy standing near her. She tips her head to cuddle if you get close to her. She loves to be held with your arms around her. She also loves when you hold her hand which is something she would not tolerate. It wasn't until I watched her "flirt" with one of the male volunteers at her school that I realized, "Uh oh, her emotional age is catching up with her biological age!"
And that's a good thing. Here's an article about some of options parents and caregivers have about suppression of menstrual cycle which isn't an issue for Elisabeth right now.
We noticed changes in Elisabeth's behavior toward the opposite sex around twelve but we weren't thinking, "Oh, this is puberty" because she's generally happy-go-lucky. She just happens to be around a lot of males -- her uncles, cousins, and friends at school. In fact, there were so many other issues going on "puberty" took a back seat until she turned 18. When we started experiencing changes in her sleep habits, staying up later for example, then it all made sense. But she's not a baby anymore even though she is very petite and some people still treat her like a baby. In fact, because of her size, people think she is much younger -- like 10 or 11.
In church, she would throw her chains behind her when she saw a cute college boy standing near her. She tips her head to cuddle if you get close to her. She loves to be held with your arms around her. She also loves when you hold her hand which is something she would not tolerate. It wasn't until I watched her "flirt" with one of the male volunteers at her school that I realized, "Uh oh, her emotional age is catching up with her biological age!"
And that's a good thing. Here's an article about some of options parents and caregivers have about suppression of menstrual cycle which isn't an issue for Elisabeth right now.
Searching for the X Factor
Most of the time, I admit, I operate on an emotional level when I should be using logic. Through clear deductive reasoning, for example, I should have figured out those sudden outbursts made by Elisabeth were years of frustration building up maybe from not using the potty for the first 13 years of her life.
Yes, I am exaggerating a bit about the potty training because we did try in earnest every year unsuccessfully. The point is that it's never easy figuring out their pace of personal development when all we have to work with is what other children are expected to do. For some it may take an entire lifetime to reach a milestone and for others it takes only a year.
For example, when most children are completely potty trained by 4 or 5 years old, Elisabeth was at at a different level of development. According to the pediatricians and specialists, Elisabeth continued to function as a 5 or 6 month old infant in all areas of communication, fine motor, gross motor, and neurological development. So naturally as parents, we responded emotionally to her needs the way most parents would respond to a 5 or 6 month old infant.
Like most parents, we used this emotional connection to form the basis for her development overall. It made everyone around her feel good meeting her needs because it resulted in favorable responses. We saw a personality emerge. We saw progress in other areas of development.
The flip side is that keeping her in that perpetual "happy state" does not prepare her for the world outside of our home because the world simply does not function at this ongoing "happy state" level. An architect or engineer, for example, is not functioning at our "happy state" level while designing spaces and access that exceed ADA. Politicians and ethicists are not functioning in Elisabeth's "happy state" while debating and defining her quality of life and quality of care.
Are you following me here?
The point I'm trying to make is that all children are unique in their emerging abilities and different areas of development. And for most parents, it's a game of trial and error. We're all searching for that X factor. You know, that X factor. The factor that reveals itself after following the prescribed pathways created by what we see other children doing with similar abilities.
For parents and caregivers with children who are born with disability labels or who develop a label after birth finding that particular child who matches up to their own child in ability and development is challenging. Until we find that one person, all we have to go on is our own X factor. The factor we discovered in hindsight creating that emotional bond defining for us a fleeting but tangible smile to mean a "yes" or a flinch in eyebrows to mean a "no."
Yes, I am exaggerating a bit about the potty training because we did try in earnest every year unsuccessfully. The point is that it's never easy figuring out their pace of personal development when all we have to work with is what other children are expected to do. For some it may take an entire lifetime to reach a milestone and for others it takes only a year.
For example, when most children are completely potty trained by 4 or 5 years old, Elisabeth was at at a different level of development. According to the pediatricians and specialists, Elisabeth continued to function as a 5 or 6 month old infant in all areas of communication, fine motor, gross motor, and neurological development. So naturally as parents, we responded emotionally to her needs the way most parents would respond to a 5 or 6 month old infant.
Like most parents, we used this emotional connection to form the basis for her development overall. It made everyone around her feel good meeting her needs because it resulted in favorable responses. We saw a personality emerge. We saw progress in other areas of development.
The flip side is that keeping her in that perpetual "happy state" does not prepare her for the world outside of our home because the world simply does not function at this ongoing "happy state" level. An architect or engineer, for example, is not functioning at our "happy state" level while designing spaces and access that exceed ADA. Politicians and ethicists are not functioning in Elisabeth's "happy state" while debating and defining her quality of life and quality of care.
Are you following me here?
The point I'm trying to make is that all children are unique in their emerging abilities and different areas of development. And for most parents, it's a game of trial and error. We're all searching for that X factor. You know, that X factor. The factor that reveals itself after following the prescribed pathways created by what we see other children doing with similar abilities.
For parents and caregivers with children who are born with disability labels or who develop a label after birth finding that particular child who matches up to their own child in ability and development is challenging. Until we find that one person, all we have to go on is our own X factor. The factor we discovered in hindsight creating that emotional bond defining for us a fleeting but tangible smile to mean a "yes" or a flinch in eyebrows to mean a "no."
Transition Bootcamp 2013
LAST CHANCE! REGISTER TODAY!
Please Join us for Transition Bootcamp 2013
February 9th
1:00pm-4:00pm
Location: Ohio Valley Goodwill Auditorium
10600 Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio 45215
Topics to be Covered:
· An overview of employment and personal development options following high school
· Information on funding sources and eligibility determination
· Provider Fair featuring a variety of agencies
TO REGISTER GO TO:http://dsagc.donordrive.com/event/Bootcamp13/
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There and Back Again...
I don't make these things up. Elisabeth comes up with stuff like this on her own. After reading over the symptoms of mastoiditis and looking at the picture, I realized we had something more than a bump on her head. It was a bump behind her ear I found on a visit to Portland Maine over Thankgiving break. I saw it while washing her hair and asked if anyone had bumped her head enough to cause a bump this size.
Well, we are all guilty because she's not the easiest 18 year old to get in and out of an airport taxi stand where security is yelling "move, move move!" Okay, buddy, cut her some slack for not being able to get out of the car on her own! Nor is it convenient for her to get on and off an airplane because sometimes she's so spastic that she cannot be carried down the aisle without bumping something! The restrooms were not up to her standards, either, so we had major mobility issues there, too! (We did run into Senator Lieberman ... )
When we got home from our trip, the bump started looking like a cyst or boil so visited our primary doctor who thought it could be several things given her history of cholesteatoma. The primary care prescribed a broad spectrum antibiotic and "wait and see" diagnosis from our ENT this Thursday.
The challenge for me is managing this bump turned "boil" oozing out from the back of her ear in two places. Peroxide, neosporin ointment, q-tips, and TLC. She's not even phased by all this, but she can't go to school in this condition so we are at home waiting on a primary care doctor to call about managing this yucky ooze coming out of her head.
This was suppose to be a fun week for Elisabeth. Swimming on Tuesday and a trip to the museum on Friday. It was a great year for Elisabeth health wise overall. No infections or anything to worry about in 2012 except that her ENT wanted to explore the ear area for cholesteatoma re-occurrence which was 40%. I guess now he has a good reason to proceed. Unfortunately, it requires a very invasive surgery complicated now by an infected mastoid. Exploring her ear for the culprit-- most likely a skin cyst or cholesteatoma -- that manifested itself in Elisabeth's series of unfortunate medical events.
Last hospital stay, Elisabeth was treated to a reading of Jane Austen. This time, I see a Tolkien fantasy about hobbits, elves, and dwarves in her near future.
Well, we are all guilty because she's not the easiest 18 year old to get in and out of an airport taxi stand where security is yelling "move, move move!" Okay, buddy, cut her some slack for not being able to get out of the car on her own! Nor is it convenient for her to get on and off an airplane because sometimes she's so spastic that she cannot be carried down the aisle without bumping something! The restrooms were not up to her standards, either, so we had major mobility issues there, too! (We did run into Senator Lieberman ... )
When we got home from our trip, the bump started looking like a cyst or boil so visited our primary doctor who thought it could be several things given her history of cholesteatoma. The primary care prescribed a broad spectrum antibiotic and "wait and see" diagnosis from our ENT this Thursday.
The challenge for me is managing this bump turned "boil" oozing out from the back of her ear in two places. Peroxide, neosporin ointment, q-tips, and TLC. She's not even phased by all this, but she can't go to school in this condition so we are at home waiting on a primary care doctor to call about managing this yucky ooze coming out of her head.
This was suppose to be a fun week for Elisabeth. Swimming on Tuesday and a trip to the museum on Friday. It was a great year for Elisabeth health wise overall. No infections or anything to worry about in 2012 except that her ENT wanted to explore the ear area for cholesteatoma re-occurrence which was 40%. I guess now he has a good reason to proceed. Unfortunately, it requires a very invasive surgery complicated now by an infected mastoid. Exploring her ear for the culprit-- most likely a skin cyst or cholesteatoma -- that manifested itself in Elisabeth's series of unfortunate medical events.
Last hospital stay, Elisabeth was treated to a reading of Jane Austen. This time, I see a Tolkien fantasy about hobbits, elves, and dwarves in her near future.
Sensory Processing Disorder Information
What Is Sensory Processing Disorder?
COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT
Wednesday September 19, 2012
6:00 – 7:30 P.M.
Springfield Township Senior Center
9158 Winton Road
Dr. Laurie Jahnke will be presenting a FREE lecture on brain and nervous system function and their critical roles for social, motor and academic learning.
...If your child has been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder or other learning disorders, you will not want to miss this presentation!
Learn of drug-free treatment options that can help “turn on the lights” to your child’s nervous system and allow them to reach their full learning potential!
Great for parents and teachers!
PLEASE PHONE 513-931-4300 TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT Space is limited- the first 50 people to register will be entered to win various raffle prizes that evening!
COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT
Wednesday September 19, 2012
6:00 – 7:30 P.M.
Springfield Township Senior Center
9158 Winton Road
Dr. Laurie Jahnke will be presenting a FREE lecture on brain and nervous system function and their critical roles for social, motor and academic learning.
...If your child has been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder or other learning disorders, you will not want to miss this presentation!
Learn of drug-free treatment options that can help “turn on the lights” to your child’s nervous system and allow them to reach their full learning potential!
Great for parents and teachers!
PLEASE PHONE 513-931-4300 TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT Space is limited- the first 50 people to register will be entered to win various raffle prizes that evening!
What To Expect Neo Natal Diagnosis of Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
If you've had your prenatal ultrasounds and they're seeing dilated ventricles, cysts, and shadows around the brain stem, it can be a bad ultrasound. On the other hand, if you are told that your ultrasound indicate a red flag -- shadows around the brains stem, cysts, dilated ventricles -- be prepared.
It's possible that many of the complications in global delays we experienced after our daughter was born began in utero. Our baby didn't do what other baby's do preparing for the journey through the birth canal. She was very subdued. Not active. She wasn't going to come out. In fact, I was on my maternity leave for 3 weeks and still didn't have the baby. Why did I wait?
Looking back, I wish that I would have taken the advice of the neonatal specialist at the Seton Center at Good Sam and had the baby around my due date. Instead, I opted to follow the advice of my Ob/Gyn who thought the placenta looked good suggesting I should wait it out. Of course, we didn't know anything about Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum then. Nobody knew anything about complications or delays so I waited and waited.
In hindsight, the life long delays we experienced after birth began prenatally -- in utero -- which means you'll need to talk to your Ob/Gyn and neo natal specialists about inducing labor rather than waiting it out. My Ob/Gyn ordered daily ultra sounds after I was 2 weeks to check the placenta. It is possible that a lot of the complications Elisabeth experienced in her physical development are not associated with ACC. For example, the cortical visual impairment and macula atrophy resulted from oxygen deprivation during birth. This, of course, we learn after piecing together the puzzle complicated by ACC and clandestine doctors. If you're pregnant and concerned, write me at Elisabethssite@yahoo.com.
Navigating ADA in 2011
What's new with ADA? Most of the changes are about navigation challenges that people using wheelchairs face everyday of their life.
Thank You President Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama
I want to be the first to congratulate you on a job well done. First, thank you for signing the Healthcare law so that my daughter will no longer be discriminated against because of her disability label. I also want to thank you for making it harder for insurance companies to not discriminate against families by charging higher premiums for families with pre-existing conditions or medical histories.
Secondly, as for responding to the challenges we face as a nation regarding energy consumption and responsible environmental stewardship, I would like to thank you personally for living up to your campaign promise. I also understand the challenges of economic sustainability so I applaud your efforts here as well.
Third, I would like to say thank you to our First Lady Michelle Obama for taking an interest in our children by educating families about childhood diseases resulting from obesity. We have so much to teach them about the impact of a healthy diet on their overall development. I'm also very happy about the little garden you planned for the White House lawn, too. It inspired our family to add a few more planting beds in our own back yard so we have more control over what we feed our children.
I am sorry that more people haven't showed gratitude and appreciation for what you've done so far. I can't imagine a single American who will not benefit from the Healthcare law. I'm hoping that during your second term, we'll see even more improvements in the quality life for all Americans.
Thank you, again, for reaching out into the margins and acting on behalf of all people while also keeping focus on the big picture.
Kind regards,
Elisabeth's Mom
Secondly, as for responding to the challenges we face as a nation regarding energy consumption and responsible environmental stewardship, I would like to thank you personally for living up to your campaign promise. I also understand the challenges of economic sustainability so I applaud your efforts here as well.
Third, I would like to say thank you to our First Lady Michelle Obama for taking an interest in our children by educating families about childhood diseases resulting from obesity. We have so much to teach them about the impact of a healthy diet on their overall development. I'm also very happy about the little garden you planned for the White House lawn, too. It inspired our family to add a few more planting beds in our own back yard so we have more control over what we feed our children.
I am sorry that more people haven't showed gratitude and appreciation for what you've done so far. I can't imagine a single American who will not benefit from the Healthcare law. I'm hoping that during your second term, we'll see even more improvements in the quality life for all Americans.
Thank you, again, for reaching out into the margins and acting on behalf of all people while also keeping focus on the big picture.
Kind regards,
Elisabeth's Mom
Thank You
I've received many e-mails over the years thanking me for writing about my experiences. Unfortunately I have to turn off the "comments" due to the spam I receive so I do appreciate the emails. I'll turn it on again.
Aloha!
Found Summer Harrison's blog that focuses on disability rights issues. There having issues of their own out in Hawaii with a State Bill that
Matthew's Mom ACC All-Inclusive Site
A website start here from a different perspective living with an individual affected by Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum. The experience for each family is so unique and equally different is the "caretaking" aspect of these young children impacted by ACC.
Waivers, Levies, and Universal Design, Oh My!
One thing I truly value about Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities (HC/dd) formally known as MR/dd is the (tremendous) availability of knowledgeable healthcare professionals, therapists, and special ed. teachers who help parents make those necessary connections to becoming their child's best advocate. And mostly, I appreciate the support and encouragement I receive from teachers and therapists because when I feel like I'm riding a runaway train, they slow you down to get you back on the track.
Just yesterday, I received a home visit from the OT/PT team through Bobbie B. Fairfax School to get information about adapting our bathroom to accomodate Elisabeth's growing needs. Later on one of the OT's sent home with Elisabeth a DVD about universal design ideas for our home. (For more information visit: http://hec.osu.edu/ud/ ) It's the first major step we've taken to actually change our homecare to benefit Elisabeth and the rest of the family.
Another program I learned about through MRDD was the "waiver" program offered through the County Board of HC/dd or the County Job and Family Services. The waiver is a way that Medicaid can pay for services to keep your child at home instead of a long-term facility or nursing home. (For more information, visit http://mrdd.ohio.gov/ )
Having a child like Elisabeth comes with so many more responsibilities than with a typical developing child. As her parents and caretakers, my husband and I take full responsibilities financially, emotionally, and physically meeting all her needs. Never once have we ever thought about long-term care for her because we thought we could manage her needs. Never once have we thought about Medicaid.
As Elisabeth is approaching her 15th birthday, my husband are experiencing the limits of caring for her. She is becoming harder to manage carrying her or walking her through the house. Even a lightweight at 60 pounds she requires the help of a strong adult to assist her in every aspect of living.
Emotionally, she is going through changes most kids go through her age, but it's more wearing on me because while I'm trying to comfort her, I can't figure out half the time what's wrong or why she's in distress. Sometimes, she can be up until 2 or 3 a.m. in discomfort or pain..
I know parenting is "exhausting" in general. But I'm not talking about "exhausting" as in the hectic lifestyles we lead naturally carpooling here and there, dealing with last minute changes in scheduling, or other surprises we find ourselves in.
I'm talking about real physical, emotional, and financially draining lifestyles of caring for a child with special needs 24/7. The wheelchairs in and out of the car. The transferring. The rocking. The lifting. The dressing. The bathing. The drying off. The waiting. The feeding. The carrying here and there. The lifting and pulling and pushing. Going to Walgreens to get a prescription filled. Getting the wheelchair in and out of car for the 50 millionth time in and out of the store, and back home.
It's amazing we haven't all left for crazyville.
Even though Elisabeths' IEP is geared at developing skill and ability working toward independence, she'll always have to rely on somebody else to do everday occupational things. Children like Elisabeth are exhausting because they need physical assistance for every aspect of their life from getting out of bed to the school bus to the school and back home again.
It can be financially draining on many families, too, because most of the stuff we need for simple, basic living is very expensive. Prices for adapted dinnerware, seating, beds, bathrooms, showers, bicycles, walkers, wheelchairs, braces, and basic age-appropriate toys are in the thousands. A simple wheelchair converted manual ramped van is the price of a Mercedes Benz. A simple battery operated communication device, again, in the thousands. Adaptions to the home is an ongoing, ever changing challenge, that requires special products that are outrageously prices. A special adapted toilet paper roll for $80.00?
That's why we need to keep Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities and programs, schools, and outreach in our community. We need to keep it fully functional and not let it go like I'm seeing with Job and Family Services. (I just heard about big layoffs there and it scares me that nobody in government sees any value of having outreach coordinators or interventionists or case workers helping families in need.)
We need to keep HC/dd (MR/dd) services, schools, and programs functioning because there's nothing out there for parents and caretakers to help educate us about the expectations of parenting a child with special needs.
And they understand the challenges we face every day. They can point out the horizon line for us when everything looks a little fuzzy...
Just yesterday, I received a home visit from the OT/PT team through Bobbie B. Fairfax School to get information about adapting our bathroom to accomodate Elisabeth's growing needs. Later on one of the OT's sent home with Elisabeth a DVD about universal design ideas for our home. (For more information visit: http://hec.osu.edu/ud/ ) It's the first major step we've taken to actually change our homecare to benefit Elisabeth and the rest of the family.
Another program I learned about through MRDD was the "waiver" program offered through the County Board of HC/dd or the County Job and Family Services. The waiver is a way that Medicaid can pay for services to keep your child at home instead of a long-term facility or nursing home. (For more information, visit http://mrdd.ohio.gov/ )
Having a child like Elisabeth comes with so many more responsibilities than with a typical developing child. As her parents and caretakers, my husband and I take full responsibilities financially, emotionally, and physically meeting all her needs. Never once have we ever thought about long-term care for her because we thought we could manage her needs. Never once have we thought about Medicaid.
As Elisabeth is approaching her 15th birthday, my husband are experiencing the limits of caring for her. She is becoming harder to manage carrying her or walking her through the house. Even a lightweight at 60 pounds she requires the help of a strong adult to assist her in every aspect of living.
Emotionally, she is going through changes most kids go through her age, but it's more wearing on me because while I'm trying to comfort her, I can't figure out half the time what's wrong or why she's in distress. Sometimes, she can be up until 2 or 3 a.m. in discomfort or pain..
I know parenting is "exhausting" in general. But I'm not talking about "exhausting" as in the hectic lifestyles we lead naturally carpooling here and there, dealing with last minute changes in scheduling, or other surprises we find ourselves in.
I'm talking about real physical, emotional, and financially draining lifestyles of caring for a child with special needs 24/7. The wheelchairs in and out of the car. The transferring. The rocking. The lifting. The dressing. The bathing. The drying off. The waiting. The feeding. The carrying here and there. The lifting and pulling and pushing. Going to Walgreens to get a prescription filled. Getting the wheelchair in and out of car for the 50 millionth time in and out of the store, and back home.
It's amazing we haven't all left for crazyville.
Even though Elisabeths' IEP is geared at developing skill and ability working toward independence, she'll always have to rely on somebody else to do everday occupational things. Children like Elisabeth are exhausting because they need physical assistance for every aspect of their life from getting out of bed to the school bus to the school and back home again.
It can be financially draining on many families, too, because most of the stuff we need for simple, basic living is very expensive. Prices for adapted dinnerware, seating, beds, bathrooms, showers, bicycles, walkers, wheelchairs, braces, and basic age-appropriate toys are in the thousands. A simple wheelchair converted manual ramped van is the price of a Mercedes Benz. A simple battery operated communication device, again, in the thousands. Adaptions to the home is an ongoing, ever changing challenge, that requires special products that are outrageously prices. A special adapted toilet paper roll for $80.00?
That's why we need to keep Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities and programs, schools, and outreach in our community. We need to keep it fully functional and not let it go like I'm seeing with Job and Family Services. (I just heard about big layoffs there and it scares me that nobody in government sees any value of having outreach coordinators or interventionists or case workers helping families in need.)
We need to keep HC/dd (MR/dd) services, schools, and programs functioning because there's nothing out there for parents and caretakers to help educate us about the expectations of parenting a child with special needs.
And they understand the challenges we face every day. They can point out the horizon line for us when everything looks a little fuzzy...
Ranting ...
Sixteen years and three doctor's office visits later after completing the necessary medical forms for her school, we find out from a new doctor to the field that one of Elisabeth's diagnosis (cortical visual impairment) resulted from oxygen deprivation at birth.
What Not To Say....
I'm sure people have the best intentions, but it's really bothering me how people respond to the death of a child with severe disability labels.
She's in a better place?
He is better off with God?
There must be some relief now that she is gone?
She rode through life on her (*cute nickname for wheelchair*) unaware of most of her surroundings?
He may have not enjoyed ice cream or other things that most kids experience, but he will be missed the same?
How about this:
What he left behind overshadows any minor physical impairment that may have distracted him from enjoying life as we know it.
I realize people say things out of nervousness. Lord knows I've been known to say the dumbest things sometimes. But when it comes to the death of any child, regardless of the circumstances, the sorrow and pain is the same for any parent and sibling. Sometimes hugging the parent and saying "I will miss her, too" is just enough. Take over a meal or cookies for the siblings, but please, please, please, don't try to minimize or maximize the significance of someone's life due to their disability. People are not their disability labels. Regardless of how difficult disability might look to someone from the non-disability community, that person will be missed all the same with or without their disability.
Just be there to comfort and listen.
Condolences & Sympathy
Elisabeth's young friend, Kayla, passed away last week. Kayla was just 12 years old. Elisabeth and her family sends their deepest condolences and sympathy to Kayla's family and friends.
Attention High School Students with IEPs & 504 Plans
Don't want to miss any of the four sessions designed for parents who have students transitioning -- when high school ends and the bus stops coming!
Dates: February 7, February 21, March 6, and March 20th
Time: 6:30 to -9 pm
No fee! No cost!
Where: 5th Floor Conference Room in Children's DDBP Building, 3430 Burnett Avenue, 45229
For more information or to register by phone, contact Barbara at 513-221-4606
Register here pressing "buy tickets" (no charge)
Dates: February 7, February 21, March 6, and March 20th
Time: 6:30 to -9 pm
No fee! No cost!
Where: 5th Floor Conference Room in Children's DDBP Building, 3430 Burnett Avenue, 45229
For more information or to register by phone, contact Barbara at 513-221-4606
Register here pressing "buy tickets" (no charge)
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