Julie Coulter Bellon, a popular LDS author, has posted a review of my book, The Upside of Down, on her blog. The review is wonderful, but I absolutely loved the experience she shared while working in the Special Needs Mutual program. It gave me tears as I read about this young man. If you have a chance, please go read her post, it's so uplifting and such a beautiful testament that people with special needs have talents just like everyone else.
Julie's blog post.
Thank you, Julie, for such a kind review and for such an inspiring message.
Showing posts with label Talents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Talents. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
He's Not a Chromosome Count
My son still amazes me when he does things I don't expect.
He loves to play on Starfall (www.starfall.com) and today I watched him choose a game about the body. Words were listed at the top of the screen. In the middle of the screen was a figure of a kid. Along the sides of the kid were spaces with arrows pointing to different body parts like head, arm, foot, hand, etc. I stood in amazement as my four-year-old, who doesn't speak much, matched words to body parts by clicking on the word at the top and dragging it to the correct space. Time and time again he did it correctly. As soon as he'd match one, he'd look at me and smile. At the end of the game, the kid on the screen did a little dance so my son stood on his chair and shook his little bootie. So cute!
The more I see him do things like this, the more determined I am to make sure he doesn't get shoved into a "box" designed by well-meaning people who decide he'll only do certain things because he has an extra chromosome. He's an individual with talents just like everyone else. He may have challenges, but so what?
He needs to be evaluated as an individual, not as a chromosome count.
He loves to play on Starfall (www.starfall.com) and today I watched him choose a game about the body. Words were listed at the top of the screen. In the middle of the screen was a figure of a kid. Along the sides of the kid were spaces with arrows pointing to different body parts like head, arm, foot, hand, etc. I stood in amazement as my four-year-old, who doesn't speak much, matched words to body parts by clicking on the word at the top and dragging it to the correct space. Time and time again he did it correctly. As soon as he'd match one, he'd look at me and smile. At the end of the game, the kid on the screen did a little dance so my son stood on his chair and shook his little bootie. So cute!
The more I see him do things like this, the more determined I am to make sure he doesn't get shoved into a "box" designed by well-meaning people who decide he'll only do certain things because he has an extra chromosome. He's an individual with talents just like everyone else. He may have challenges, but so what?
He needs to be evaluated as an individual, not as a chromosome count.
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