INTERDEPENDENCE IS GOLD By Joel Nyland 7/29/21 “I was inspired to write this poem after I read about gymnast Simone Biles and her twisties. It sounds like she has what I so often feel. Proprioception can be a tricky thing. I hope you will enjoy this poem and keep going for gold. Thank you […]
Neuromedia Summer 2021 Book Recommendations. A second part to the Neuromedia 2021 series. Ann Jusino, Monica Van Schaik and Lakshmi Rao Sankar I-ASC’s July 14th blog, How We Think About Disability Matters discussed the impact of various disability paradigms on how we think, feel, and act in relation to disability. This week, we bring […]
FRIENDSHIP SUPPORT, LONG-DISTANCE by Marcus Bolande and William Tziavaras MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT HAS TO BE THE TOUGHEST TYPE OF SUPPORT TO FIND FOR NONSPEAKERS. BUT HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS: WE FIND THE MOST EFFECTIVE SUPPORT COMES FROM A SIMPLE CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO SPELLER FRIENDS. HERE’S OUR STORY. MARCUS: If I hadn’t met my pen pal […]
How We Think About Disability Matters By Monica Van Schaik A paradigm describes how we think about and understand something. Paradigms are important because they impact our actions and attitudes. There are 3 main disability paradigms that people draw from today and they each influence us to think differently about disability. They each command different […]
Books used to be part of my prison. Books used to be part of my prison. Rows and rows of books meant for five-year-olds filled my bookshelves and reinforced the “experts’ ” views that I should be taught the simplest concepts over and over and over… Every time I read those books out loud and I […]
The Self-Care You Need starting with this 8-minute read! In many parts of the United States, Covid restrictions are either easing or have all but ended. For many, life, as we knew it prior to the arrival of Covid-19, is slowly returning. But for countless others, Covid continues to dominate every aspect of daily life. […]
Fleeing the world of silence How can early childhood education centers be more inclusive to children with disabilities? I was asked to share my experience and give my suggestions with a few of my nonspeaking friends at Autism Inclusion Training for early childhood educators last year. This is my speech. Good morning ladies, gentlemen, and non-binary members […]
I WANT TO BE A PAPERBACK READER! Developing the motor skills for reading books. Written and read by Giorgena Sarantopoulos Books were my pass to personal freedom. – Oprah Winfrey Books! Who doesn’t love them? Enfolding oneself in a good story can have an effect on the whole body: masterfully crafted sentences can stir and […]
Neuromedia Summer 2021 Curated blogs – for core concepts in Disability Justice and Neurodiversity. Ann Jusino, Lakshmi Rao Sankar, Monica van Schaik When we launched the first Neuroliterature Summer Campaign in 2020 we focused on the fact that there were not enough authors, stories, books, and characters who were neurodivergent. While the world was turning […]
Words With Friends As a young child, I knew that I was different. But I didn’t understand why or how. What I did see, too clearly, was that other kids didn’t want to have anything to do with me. And that crushed me. I had my loving sisters, but I still felt so rejected and […]
