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Tag Archives: person-centered
The Utility of Common Sense by Jack Pealer
The narrative in this video was prompted by a study done in the 90s by one of our great thinkers, Jack Pealer. So, to honor Jack, and in preparation for our 3Day community gathering kicking-off tonight, I thought it good … Continue reading
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Tagged Cincinnati, common sense, disability, Jack Pealer, person-centered
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The Endless Immensity of the Sea
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” – Antoine de Saint Exupéry After … Continue reading
Searching for an oyster
“Why then the world’s mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.” ~ William Shakespeare ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My husband wrote the following as a preface to a ‘Vision of the Future’ plan we developed for Joe seventeen years ago. The effort was initiated … Continue reading
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Tagged connections, disability, families, Freedom of choice, person-centered, social, Starfire
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I’ll Fix Me – You Fix You
Bad Habits: We all have them. Some we readily admit to having; others, we may not even know we have. One thing’s for sure, it is somehow quite easy to recognize someone else’s bad habits. And it is REALLY easy to … Continue reading
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Tagged Behaviors, disability, families, Freedom of choice, person-centered, Respect
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Cincinnati, this is your invitation to community
A recent webinar series by TASH, called Dancing with Community, talks about the basic steps toward building inclusive communities with people with disabilities. It focuses on the research and ways to support a person who is stepping out of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cincinnati, community, disability, invitation, loneliness, person-centered, relationship
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SRV (in grandpa’s words)
For every birthday growing up, I received a card from my grandparents with a check in the amount of my age. Scrawled out in Grandpa’s characteristic lefty-handwriting, with a smiley face in place of an “o” or two, it was … Continue reading
riding the white horse – part one of a two-sides to every story tale.
This post is in response to a writing prompt given during a Social Role Valorization Training in West Virginia this May. The prompt was: “write about someone else’s life from his or her perspective.” Below is my own personal account … Continue reading
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Tagged Cincinnati, community, contribute, disability, Inclusion, open, organic, person-centered, places, project, relationship, social, Starfire, triumphs, Volunteer
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More With, Less For
So, today was my first full-day “back in the program.” I’ll be spending my Wednesdays networking, building capstone committees and working with two people on their senior capstone projects. Since we’re early in the year (only into week 2) we’ve … Continue reading
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Things Change, And That’s the Way It Is ~ Part 2
Disclaimer! This post is continued from here. Probably makes sense to read that first before jumping into Part 2. One of the first PATHs I remember was Kathleen’s. You remember Kathleen’s story from here where she writes of her PATH … Continue reading
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Things Change, And That’s the Way It Is ~ Part 1
“I’d like to go back to when we played as kids, but things change, and that’s the way it is.” –2PAC I’ve not allowed myself much time to reflect on the past four years, and what it means now that … Continue reading
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