Here are links to several stories and blog posts that I found particularly interesting.
The first is an article in the UK Times about the importance of disabled characters in children's books. It's written by a dad with a disability and talks about In the Picture, a British campaign to encourage publishers, writers and illustrators to include children with disabilities. This is one of the resulting illustrations!
So Don't! And See What Happens! is a Canadian example that includes Madi - a girl with cerebral palsy who uses a voice-output device. What I love about this book is that it's not about Madi's disability - Madi, her wheelchair and her talking machine are simply part of the story, part of the everyday life that I want my son to see himself in.
Over at Hopeful Parents is a lovely post about accepting our children's journeys - and our own. None of us are is written by Kyra Anderson, who blogs about her 8-year-old son with Asperger syndrome at This Mom.
I found this poem posted by the mom of a 17-year-old with global delays and mental-health issues at Just Me particularly moving: i never made it to dance class.
And Ellen at To the Max shared this powerful Bill of Rights for Parents of Kids with Special Needs.
Cheers, Louise
The first is an article in the UK Times about the importance of disabled characters in children's books. It's written by a dad with a disability and talks about In the Picture, a British campaign to encourage publishers, writers and illustrators to include children with disabilities. This is one of the resulting illustrations!
So Don't! And See What Happens! is a Canadian example that includes Madi - a girl with cerebral palsy who uses a voice-output device. What I love about this book is that it's not about Madi's disability - Madi, her wheelchair and her talking machine are simply part of the story, part of the everyday life that I want my son to see himself in.
Over at Hopeful Parents is a lovely post about accepting our children's journeys - and our own. None of us are is written by Kyra Anderson, who blogs about her 8-year-old son with Asperger syndrome at This Mom.
I found this poem posted by the mom of a 17-year-old with global delays and mental-health issues at Just Me particularly moving: i never made it to dance class.
And Ellen at To the Max shared this powerful Bill of Rights for Parents of Kids with Special Needs.
Cheers, Louise
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