Our kids have started school in a new district this year and as part of that transition was making sure Lamp’s new school would be willing to let someone come in and educate each of the classrooms about Lamp and her unique differences. We did this when she started pre-school and again in Kindergarten. I really hope teaching children about disability is something we can do every year. The difference between this year and past years is that I got to be the one to do these presentations to every class. It was an amazing experience. It was like turning on a light switch for these kids and I was thrilled to be the one to help turn that switch on.
The first day of school I went to Lamp’s class and talked to them. (Lamp was not in the classroom, nor did she want to be in the classroom, but she did want me to come and talk to her class.) However, as we walked into school that morning she was a little nervous, as was I. Lots of kids staring, but no one smiling or introducing themselves. THEN, a little girl in her class walked up to her and said, “Hi, I’m Sally. I’ve heard a lot about you. I hear you can write with your feet.”BOOM BOOM DYNAMITE!
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Miggy, you're the best. Much love to you and your family. I hope the girls have a great school year!
Thank you for your very thoughtful post. I'll be talking through these points with my first grader tonight! I hope lots of future Sallys evolve from conversations all over the country this week. 🙂
This is great! Thank you! FHE lesson for next week: done 🙂
Thanks so much for these suggestions. Really appreciate them both as a parent, but as a human as well (because goodness knows I have lots of room for improvement here). Do you have good suggestions for children's books that touch on the same themes you mentioned in your post? My kids are under three so showing them pictures/stories on a computer isn't always the easiest.
This is a friend of a friend but you may want to look her up on Facebook (Katie Danielle Whiddon). She speak a lot on limb differences and about her son. A lot of her thoughts seem to resemble what you say.
Amazing post and so helpful. I got here after seeing your comment in Design for Mankind and am already a follower. Thank you for your example. Ana, from Portugal
This is such a great tool to spread the knowledge. I plan on sharing this with my network as a Ds Mama! Kelle Hampton's share brought me here : )
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