We got together for some staff training this morning and Zach, RA of Barnabas House, asked Ashley, RA of next door neighbor Martha House, how she and the girls liked the pancake he and the guys had baked for them this morning. Fortunately there was a photo of this masterpiece, which I expect will assume…
A Smile as Big as the Moon…and a few other things
Tonight ABC debuts its movie A Smile as Big as the Moon. At least one of the actors in it has Down syndrome, Peter ten Brink. Maybe some of the others portraying students in a special ed class do also, but I’m not sure. I haven’t seen it, but I’m hopeful, partly for part of…
Home at last
So, as the Canadiens say. (Jerry noticed that they say “so” before every utterance and he made them all self-concious by pointing this out. On the other hand, Jerry about caused our hosts to wreck the car we were all riding in with a colorful Texas saying which shall go unrepeated here…) Our “Thinking Like…
Finding a New Way
It’s a cold but beautiful view outside our rooms at the Painted Boats Resort It is soooo cold. Not surprising since we are in British Columbia, at the PLAN Institute‘s: “Thinking Like a Movement” conference. We became aware of and interested in PLAN’s work many years ago. One of the founders, Al Etmanski, has a daughter with Down syndrome a little…