Melody has cerebral palsy and sits in a wheelchair. She needs to be fed and can’t hold a cut on her own. Melody can communicate with small gestures and pointing to words on her board, but in her entire eleven years, she has never spoken a word. Assuming she is also cognitively impaired, her fellow students and [...]
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out of my mind
Posted in lit circles/book club, novel, social responsibility, Young Adult, tagged cerebral palsy, Coretta Scott King Award, Sharon M. Draper, special needs on October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pink Day
Posted in Pink Day, Uncategorized, tagged bullying, diversity, Downs Syndrome, Dr. Seuss, families, family diversity, gender diversity, multicultural, special needs on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Celebrate Pink Shirt Day: wear a pink shirt! Read some books on bullying and diversity! The Sneetches. The Sneeches with stars think they are better than the Sneetches without, so they tease and exclude until a guy with a strange amchine rolls into town, turning everything upside down. Be Good To Eddie Lee. Christy’s mom [...]
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