Comments for Inclusive Humanity

Comment on It Gives Us Dreams by Karee Davidson

Karee Davidson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:12:56 +0000

If there was such a test – a written test on how to be strong, brave and kind, I know you would score 100%
Very good letter Simon!

Comment on It Gives Us Dreams by Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:46:19 +0000

Well Done Simon! I agree with you. Pencil and paper tests are important but learning in a group, being exposed to art and learning to be kind to one another is just as important.

Comment on Trampled Rights by Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:04:57 +0000

What is the difference between medical autism and educational autism? Is this just a fancier way of saying no to parents and students who need assistance in order to make school a successful experience? The girl scout issue makes me sick. As a parent of a boy with high functioning autism, he brings more to a group than he takes home. Kids learn better manners, more patience and tons of information about Big Bang Theory. Open your minds that all people are different, not just the children with disabilities.

Comment on The Chasm by Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:09 +0000

I believe this is so often overlooked because it is easy to look in a file or a medical chart and see the disability at the top and ignore the true symptons of something else. Heads out of the sand People, many of us have dual diagnoses in our lives!

Comment on Loneliness by Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:17:44 +0000

This is a huge red flag for me as a mother but should also be something that society concerns itself with. Inclusion in a community is great but if that means my son works in a store and then goes home alone to an empty apartment until his next shift than we have not reached the full meaning of inclusion. My son has one friend, many peers but only one true friend. He has a great personality, loves animals, wonderful reader and loves watching Big Bang Theory. How do I, as a Mom help him make social connections? It is an ongoing concern for me and for other families with children like ours.

Comment on Delayed is Denied by Krista flint

Krista flint — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:49:38 +0000

Unfortunately your right Pam, people with disabilities are still made terribly vulnerable within out health care system in all across North America. On a positive note, due to public pressure and continued outcry, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has agreed to reconsider their position on a transplant for Amelia. They will consider her eligible for an organs donor transplant. All of us, working together to draw attention to these matters can affect public policy!

Comment on Loneliness by Aaron Johannes

Aaron Johannes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:48:33 +0000

Really liking your website and message. I’ve come to think this is the most important conversation and we need to keep having it. Our organization came to that realization the hard way, by spending time with folks and realizing at thing we thought we did well was something that wasn’t priorised and which our stakeholders didn’t know how to do . It should, indeed, be a “red flag” when no one but the individual’s workers come to a planning meeting, or only his mom. Yet our organizations are not trained to see it as such and it’s only recently in BC that our government has addressed the gap with some great messaging around community safeguards. Most agencies don’t train for it, however, and for probably 99% of the staff that come to our workshops it’s new information (though the agency will often say it’s not). And families have few supports around figuring out what to do when they see the gap. tyze only works for people who already have networks, and a) PLAN has mixed reviews from consumers b) what does it mean that we’re willing to hand over responsibility for something central in life? The thing that research now tells us keeps us healthy, makes recovery more certain when we do become ill, supports our mental well being, makes us live longer, gives us more access to employment and opportunity and increases our executive functioning?

Comment on Word Power by Aaron Johannes

Aaron Johannes — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:31:08 +0000

this is a really great, useful article. thanks! aaron

Comment on Loneliness by Donna Thomson

Donna Thomson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:25:25 +0000

Al Etmanski and Vickie Cammack of PLAN have long known this to be true. Thank goodness for personal support networks and TYZE (www.tyze.com). The future of our children with disabilities need not be lonely.

Comment on Delayed is Denied by Pamela Weeks-Beaton

Pamela Weeks-Beaton — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:46:48 +0000

Beautiful quote used and how true those words are. The H1N1 campaign opened my eyes when 3 of my 4 children would get the vaccine but if there was a shortage then 1 of my children would have to wait. Persons with disabilities are still at the back of the line even if society is using nicer words to place them there.