Why is it so hard to support people with disabilities to build good lives? There are powerful forces at play like devaluation and discrimination. Which means that bad things will happen if we don’t have an alternative vision of a good life to focus on and people to help us along the way.
You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. Did you know that children with disabilities in the province of New Brunswick Canada are less significantly disabled than children in other areas of the world? It’s true. Gordon Porter explains this startling truth in our interview. Listen to the episode or read the transcript to find out why. …
#034 Why Children Are Less Disabled in New Brunswick ~ with Gordon Porter Read More »
You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. You can read the transcript here. This week’s podcast episode is the first of a series on the topic of inclusive education. In the Fall, this week’s guest, Marilyn Dolmage, and I will be offering a course on the topic. “Belonging In School: the What, Why and How of Inclusive Education” takes a …
#033 The What, Why and How of Inclusive Education with Marilyn Dolmage Read More »
You can listen to this podcast episode on iTunes or Spotify. Recently I sent my son out onto a mountain during the frigid Canadian winter on what was the coldest and windiest day of the year with gusts of wind strong enough to close down parts of a ski resort and a chill of colder …
#015 Why I let my son get frost bite and the dignity of risk Read More »
We are excited to feature a guest post by mother of three, Meghan Jarzyna, telling us about the home birth of her daughter. Meghan is the director of Generations Midwifery Care and this blog was originally featured on their blog.
Why am I doing this? We all want the good things in life. Regardless of time or place, there is pretty universal agreement about what the good things in life are. Home, relationships, love, community, some freedom, opportunities to make a contribution… But at some point in human history we lost the plot in respect …
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