tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91604866596417332732024-02-20T12:41:20.509-08:00Star-ThrowersOne Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-22862273606824998372010-10-14T08:45:00.000-07:002010-10-25T16:53:17.484-07:00Action: Sharing the story of "Who Inspired Me" at a high school reunionSubmitted by: Sharon Cohen<br />
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"[My action is] sharing about "Who Inspired Me" with my high school classmates.<br />
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... for my 50th high school reunion (held September 24-26th in Geneva, Illinois) ... each of us was asked to write about our lives and include a memory of someone or something that "inspired" us. I chose to write about my high school beau. He was a very charismatic, athletic, fun-loving young man who happened to be an individual with a disability. He always lived life to the fullest, had a very <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287940937_4">positive attitude</span> and faced his challenges with grace, dignity and great determination. I have always felt that he "inspired" me, and I wrote that I feel I took my particular career path due to this inspiration."One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-13985096363509247152010-10-13T14:17:00.001-07:002010-10-25T23:37:13.390-07:00Idea and Action from a Group: Developing a proposal and gaining interest for establishing a "Texas Social and Emotional Wellness Center for Children and Families"<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 10.8pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Generated by: A Group of Children's Mental Health Advocates<br />
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">"I am going to learn more about the new Medicaid option to create medical homes for children with chronic conditions."</span></span></div></div></div><div></div>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-28007871262371710422010-10-03T11:26:00.000-07:002010-10-25T23:38:53.635-07:00Ideas and Actions: Focusing the Affordable Care Act Pediatric Medicaid pilot in Texas on children and youth with special health care needs and personally providing medical care and input to help improve systems of care<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Submitted by: Bob Warren <br />
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And yes, I "do my thing" everyday ... taking care of kids and families with disabilities, and (hopefully) improving systems of care."One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-3209593292562892982010-10-01T17:09:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:10:03.638-07:00Action: Videobroadcasting the 11th Annual Chronic Illness and Disability Conference to a national audience<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">So my “special” thing for the month of September was that I wrote a short op-ed piece and sent it to a few newspapers (<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287938198_5" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; cursor: hand;">Austin American-Statesman</span>, Indianapolis Star News, Washington Post) for publication. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I didn’t see where it ended up in any of these publications, unfortunately. I think I’m going to try to send it again to the Statesman next week and tailor it more towards the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287938198_6">South by Southwest</span> crowd that will be here weekend after this coming one." </span></span></div>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-36801263517878439082010-09-30T10:19:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:14:32.161-07:00Action: Providing information to parents on child learning and teaching during clinic visits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeT0F8GjfW1da4L3hivK8rneQY-SDDSYUZa6Wob1i2Ud_Uz1FwauA2rZ8J1ZQu4wBWqKNl4OujmeiBXsI11htA5hyUZVEVexjbWUeziQ036XKp0QFAJ76r-oHP2V69cb-SqvtY80Mw8YYU/s1600/adult+hand+holding+child+hand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeT0F8GjfW1da4L3hivK8rneQY-SDDSYUZa6Wob1i2Ud_Uz1FwauA2rZ8J1ZQu4wBWqKNl4OujmeiBXsI11htA5hyUZVEVexjbWUeziQ036XKp0QFAJ76r-oHP2V69cb-SqvtY80Mw8YYU/s200/adult+hand+holding+child+hand.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">"I made the decision to take five minutes during every clinic visit to make certain to review with each of my <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>patient’s parents, no matter their child’s disability, that they should use the same principles for helping their child learn that they use for learning something difficult themselves. These principles include breaking down what they are to learn one step at a time and connecting it to what they already know followed by repeated practice. I have found this month that by reviewing this information my patient’s parents have become empowered as their child’s teacher even when school services have been inadequate, giving the parents a common sense approach to use daily until appropriate services from elsewhere can be added. This has been especially helpful for empowering immigrant parents with only second/third grade educations <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who had never thought they were “smart enough” to help their children."</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sherry Sellers Vinson, MD, MEd</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Specialist</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Meyer</placename> <placename w:st="on">Center</placename></place> for Developmental Pediatrics</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At Texas Children’s Hospital</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The Developmental High Risk Clinic</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Ben</placename> <placename w:st="on">Taub</placename> <placename w:st="on">General</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></place></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Program Director, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Baylor</placename> <placetype w:st="on">College</placetype></place> of Medicine</div>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-63788249430132554832010-09-30T09:58:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:15:05.954-07:00Action: Sharing a poem for inspiration and strength<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Submitted by: Randy and Wren Deavers (and their two children) <br />
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<div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Being a father of a special needs child, I can think of no better words to share at this time than a poem given to me when Landon was born (January 26, 2006)….it remains on our fridge to this day and it has given both Wren and I strength, especially when Landon was in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287934996_5">NICU</span> when we received his diagnosis.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">“God hath not promised</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;"> skies always blue,</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">Flower strewn pathways</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;"> all our lives through;</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">God hath not promised</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">sun without rain,</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">Joy without sorrow,</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">peace without pain.</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">But God hath promised</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">strength for the day,</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">rest for the labor,</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">light for the way,</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">grace for the trials,</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">help from above,</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">unfailing sympathy,</span></span></i></div><div class="yiv1996039138yiv476023620msonormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic;">undying love.” Anne Johnson Flint"</span></span></i></div>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-2956199727276763602010-09-30T09:54:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:15:32.920-07:00Action: Volunteering in the church choir and in a school to help children with disabilities and their parents and attending a Special Needs Expo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div class="yiv1192902233yiv1244400253msonormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPZCRdnnDMDsbqcd4D7oI8RUqn2-9Vh4IWwlyA2ha-xqdsI91iIKjo0sh1eolNGvzc0Pcj0MTsqYAcOf6Z7f1_95ppxJwmxKXu4UuGP4ihcfQQzZ0OGWqgEKycHdl5r0dNR9tB9WSA03T/s1600/Music+Notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPZCRdnnDMDsbqcd4D7oI8RUqn2-9Vh4IWwlyA2ha-xqdsI91iIKjo0sh1eolNGvzc0Pcj0MTsqYAcOf6Z7f1_95ppxJwmxKXu4UuGP4ihcfQQzZ0OGWqgEKycHdl5r0dNR9tB9WSA03T/s320/Music+Notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">"I have recently joined the choir at my church. There are several young adults who come to choir from Marbridge and there is at least one <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287940158_3" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; cursor: hand;">foster child</span> (I think that she is 14) with minor special needs in the choir. I have made it a mission to spend extra time with two of the members with special needs. I also attended [a school's] Special Needs Expo on Saturday. I met many of the parents whose children attend [the school] and who have <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287940158_4" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: medium none; cursor: hand;">special needs children</span>. I am also working with the Special Needs Director [at the school] to analyze community needs for future events."</span></span></div>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-38683646611462724692010-09-30T09:31:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:15:58.439-07:00Idea and Action: Promoting and implementing the "Reach Out and Read" model<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Submitted by: Clift Price<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">"My thought is to ensure that all <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287936901_7">children with disabilities</span> are provided appropriate books at each well child visit beginning at 6 months of age with instructions to the parents to read to the child each day for 15 minutes. This is the "<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287936901_8" style="border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Reach Out and Read</span>" model."</span>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-91762809271754097982010-09-30T09:01:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:16:26.406-07:00Actions: Volunteering in multiple ways for the community as a member of St. Vincent de PaulSubmitted by: Anonymous <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmipTzviHtERZVrXht5rFotWPLkNJSkW3L8ny0b5LMQKD9pT6iuQ5fbPjlAz7iY_F7DiZhDecXGtCUTr9_hl6a_Mrui4Gy-l4a4dloXXadJ_xi3aqgjfVwSEhyW_YNt0rq2YNO4MjFmjW4/s1600/window+of+light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmipTzviHtERZVrXht5rFotWPLkNJSkW3L8ny0b5LMQKD9pT6iuQ5fbPjlAz7iY_F7DiZhDecXGtCUTr9_hl6a_Mrui4Gy-l4a4dloXXadJ_xi3aqgjfVwSEhyW_YNt0rq2YNO4MjFmjW4/s320/window+of+light.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">"I am a Vincentian; a member of St. Vincent de Paul, a world wide 250 year old organization that is dedicated to the service of the poor, the lonely, the marginalized etc.</span></span><br />
<div class="yiv119038045yiv330969962yiv1276622690msonormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">We do whatever we can to help. We go on home visits (no long lines for the poor to wait in; we try to respect their dignity) to access their needs & befriend them & to pray with them (if they want us to). We give them groceries & help pay their utility bills, rent, prescriptions etc. We help transients by putting them up in a motel & giving them a meal. My husband used to drive 2 men to dialysis from Elgin to Austin ; they have both since passed away. We recently finished working with the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287937098_8" style="border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Capital Area Food Bank</span> [CAFB] & the federal government in administering the Summer Food Program by distributing 2 boxes of 25 lbs of food to families with children for each month of the summer. </span></span></div><div class="yiv119038045yiv330969962yiv1276622690msonormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv119038045yiv330969962yiv1276622690msonormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I order food from the CAFB for our food pantry & my husband goes & picks it up & stocks the pantry. We also go to HEB for other groceries for the pantry. We collect <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287937098_9" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Christmas</span> presents for our client/friends & give out HEB gift cards at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287937098_10" style="border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Thanksgiving</span>. </span></span></div><div class="yiv119038045yiv330969962yiv1276622690msonormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv119038045yiv330969962yiv1276622690msonormal"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I’m the treasurer for our conference & have an annual report due the end of October." </span></span></div>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-5438640872083453142010-09-30T08:56:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:16:50.123-07:00Action: Analyzing the need for "safety net" services for children with special health care needsSubmitted by: John Scott<br />
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<div class="yiv1516133768yiv713827253msonormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">"As part of my job during September, I helped analyze and describe how there will be an ongoing need for “safety net” services for children with special health care needs and other populations even after the new federal health care reform legislation goes into effect."</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">I talked with her about the the never-ending supply of families who need support and how she might connect with an individual family or a provider who serves families. Who knows: maybe one more recruit for the support army."</span>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-60458665736463644252010-09-29T21:55:00.000-07:002010-10-26T05:33:31.442-07:00Idea and Action: Creating an online petition to gather and document support for the Children's Policy Council's 2010 Recommendations to the Texas LegislatureSubmitted by: Lesa Walker<br />
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"I am thinking of creating and circulating an <u>online</u> petition to support the Children's Policy Council's 2010 Recommendations to the Texas Legislature and I have drafted language for the petition."One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-46943030252018110812010-09-28T10:30:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:17:40.522-07:00Action: Making a monetary donation to help children in GhanaSubmitted by: Kathy Griffis-Bailey (representing a group of co-workers)<br />
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A group of co-workers decided to make a monetary donation to the service organization "GlobeAware" which will be used to help children, including children with disabilities, in the village of Mafi-Zongo in Ghana.One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-61625345992664138342010-09-26T16:12:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:18:06.394-07:00Action: Helping a child in Cub ScoutsSubmitted by: Liz Shelby<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21lb5oOv2XcWj-xz93_vKqvx1U0FbhRGIHRkcPeGWadY8-7dxjc6O8OWZKUT5gRtYfOk_yKermpxHCUeVZjDHEPpI6BcIwb90a8HhPRDJ2wqZGNqKjctDZZ1ybLZbIlTL-qhWZmY-CjPG/s1600/boy+at+play-+happy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21lb5oOv2XcWj-xz93_vKqvx1U0FbhRGIHRkcPeGWadY8-7dxjc6O8OWZKUT5gRtYfOk_yKermpxHCUeVZjDHEPpI6BcIwb90a8HhPRDJ2wqZGNqKjctDZZ1ybLZbIlTL-qhWZmY-CjPG/s320/boy+at+play-+happy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>"The one thing I have chosen to share with you occurred last Saturday. A little background…I have recently become more involved with a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287909463_2">Cub Scout pack</span> since its Cubmaster passed away suddenly in her sleep. She was a single mom and 41 years old! At our first meeting since the funeral, our Scout Executive (paid professional from the scout office) passed out belt loops and pins to the cubs who went to summer camp. One cub began crying because he didn’t go and didn’t earn the awards. Why he didn’t go is another story. But on Saturday, there was a Cub Scout event at Camp Tom Wooten in Bastrop in which the Cubs could earn belt loops. He really wanted to go and his family had been approved for a financial needs scholarship. However, both of his parents have <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287909463_3">visual impairments</span> and do not drive, and public transportation does not go to Bastrop. After trying to get someone who could drive them out and back from my church and other organizations, I decided to do it since this was the first Cub Scout camp experience for the mom and her 10 year-old son. They had to be there by 7:30 AM which meant picking them up at 6:30 AM. I dropped them off and returned to Austin. When I went back to get them, they were both tired, hot, and happy. I arrived just in time to help the Cub make a rocket which required <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287909463_4">visual skills</span> that his mom could not help with. You should have seen his face when his rocket was launched!! They had a wonderful experience. On the way home, the mom asked if <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287909463_5" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Boy Scouts</span> serve boys who are blind or visually impaired, and I could proudly tell her that <u>the Boy Scout program has been inclusive since its inception in 1910 – pretty progressive for its time!</u> Now, this isn’t a story about a “child with a disability” but for me it was making things possible for a child whose parents’ disability almost prevented him from have the time of his life – a day he will be talking about for a long time (and so will Mom for that matter!)."One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-58463221729674822012010-09-24T13:10:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:18:33.145-07:00Action: Sharing information about a new resource guide for children with special needsSubmitted by: Elaine Hime (sharing information about the work of Bethany Miller (parent) and Kendra Koch of the CChiPAG (Complex Chronic Illness Parent Advisory Group) of Dell Children's Medical Center (DCMC)<a href="http://www.blogger.com/" rel="nofollow"></a> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287932645_0" style="border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Palliative Care</span> in Austin, Texas):<br />
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<span style="font-family: book antiqua;">Below is the link on the Dell Children's website for the Austin Guide.</span></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.dellchildrens.net/services_and_programs/palliative_care/complex_chronic_illness_parent_advisory_group_/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287932645_16">http://www.dellchildrens.net/services_and_programs/palliative_care/complex_chronic_illness_parent_advisory_group_/</span></a>"</div><div></div><div></div><div><br />
[Added note: Elaine Hime's Resource Guide for the Houston area is found at: <a href="http://www.projectdocchouston.org/html/resource_guide.html">http://www.projectdocchouston.org/html/resource_guide.html</a>.]</div>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-17929427641998994802010-09-23T20:00:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:18:59.792-07:00Actions: Volunteering in Extend-A-Care; mentoring; nutrition education; and holiday assistance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCK3phffmV5k0Z8fLpvYCCsVgb_YMX900D5PxZp_Gz2Xl0BVvEF0RqiKvJz-e40oYedNz-BAYA4h1tdPumlZtGgR7LCROUQzZMIvgUzSgvzbszdqWwM1s84cFPDhdT0Ay7lRp2xPrFvht/s1600/child+reading+on+computer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCK3phffmV5k0Z8fLpvYCCsVgb_YMX900D5PxZp_Gz2Xl0BVvEF0RqiKvJz-e40oYedNz-BAYA4h1tdPumlZtGgR7LCROUQzZMIvgUzSgvzbszdqWwM1s84cFPDhdT0Ay7lRp2xPrFvht/s320/child+reading+on+computer.jpg" width="320" /></a>Submitted by: JaNet Barkley-Booher</div><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"Technically, my volunteer efforts are not directed toward kids with physical disabilities, but toward kids in general and mentally ill adults, which often involves kids with physical and/or emotional disabilities. Also, I’m not really doing anything new, as I have been doing most of it for a long time. So, here is the stuff I do to give back for my good fortune in health and life.<br />
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Extend-A-Care for Kids, Inc board member: EAC provides after school, school break and summer care to elementary aged kids in Austin, Hays and Del Valle schools districts, including many tuition scholarships for low income kids. Affects about 2900 kids in the Austin area. It probably keeps some kids from becoming disabled, as they likely would be <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287908621_3">latchkey kids</span> without the subsidized care.<br />
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1) Signed-up again to mentor a child at the elementary school near my home. I’ve done this for 5 years. Kids have been either low income or have emotional issues.<br />
2) For the 2nd year, organized and helped conduct the “Eat a Rainbow” program for 2nd and 3rd graders from 3 schools through the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287908621_4">Travis County Master</span> Gardeners’ Program — to encourage kids to daily eat fruits and vegetables reflecting the colors of the rainbow so they have healthy bodies. I’ve helped conduct it 4 times. This year we did the program with 400 kids; last year it was about 350 kids.</span><br />
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Collect, purchase and encourage others to help in creating 450+ Christmas gifts for mentally ill adults and their children in the Austin area (served by Austin Travis County Integral Care (formerly ATCMHMR)). These gifts contain new or like-new XL+ T-shirts, tooth brushes/paste, toiletries, socks, games, individually wrapped snacks, fun stuff (whimsy items), children’s books, toys and stuffed animals, etc and average about $10 each. We wrap them and Santa helps present them at a consumer party held a few days before Christmas. For many, it is their only holiday celebration. I also collect and buy Christmas decorations and after the party consumers take them to decorate their home or sleeping area. A local church provides the BBQ meal and a local band plays music. It is a festive event for a very needy population. They and their children are delighted to receive a gift and a meal and have a good time. My sister and I started contributing to this party at the request of an ATCMHMR/Integral Care Rehab Therapist some 15 years ago and it has grown in attendance each year (from about 50 to now over 435 people). Integral Care uses the party for improving <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287908621_5">socialization skills</span> of their consumers and providing them with some holiday cheer. Integral Care is looking for a large facility on a bus line for this year’s party, as we have outgrown Fiesta Gardens’ capacity. <br />
If any of your friends wish to help with any part of this effort, please give them my email. As the economy gets worse, the more gifts are needed since more consumers and their children attend the party. I’m thinking we need at least 500 wrapped gifts this December. I have found from my friends and neighbors that even they are helped by donating stuff they don’t need in their homes — stuff that is in excellent condition and they have saved or received for some time and just cluttering-up their houses. They like to see it go to someone as a nice surprise/gift for <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287908621_6" style="border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Christmas</span>. So, the giving itself has a “starfish effect” for them as well as for the mentally ill consumers."</span>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-87788735351437416272010-09-12T13:45:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:19:31.340-07:00Action: Creating a transcript of an inspiring video to enhance accessibility to the video content<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Submitted by: John Walker</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">"This is a <em>great</em> story to share with children:</span></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Secret to Life: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/94VW3y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287907021_3">http://bit.ly/94VW3y</span></span></a></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287907021_4">YouTube</span> version is outstanding:</span></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NgzQ9Pcsg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287907021_5">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NgzQ9Pcsg</span></span></a></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I created a transcript so that children with visual and auditory impairments could experience the magic of this story."</span><br />
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Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">He told his guests to help themselves to the coffee.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">After everyone had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, 'If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><em><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Be assured that the cup adds no quality to the coffee.</span></em><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span></div><div style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In most cases, it is just more expensive, and in some cases, even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup. But you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups to see who had the best one.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now consider this...</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Savor the coffee, not the cups!</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The happiest people don't have the best of everything.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">They just make the best of everything.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><em><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Live</span></em><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> simply.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><em><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Speak</span></em><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> kindly.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><em><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Care</span></em><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> deeply.</span></div><div style="background: white;"><em><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Love</span></em><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> generously."</span></div><div style="background: white;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Source: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NgzQ9Pcsg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NgzQ9Pcsg</span></a></span></div></div>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-90656946747560802372010-09-05T17:32:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:20:00.449-07:00Idea and Action: Sharing an inspiring quote and links to the original sourceSubmitted by: John Walker<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">"Idea: to share this quote and link to original source." (He also shared the picture above.)</span><br />
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<blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;">"...caregiving is...a defining moral practice. It is a practice of empathic imagination, responsibility, witnessing, and solidarity with those in great need. It is a moral practice that makes caregivers, and at times even the care-receivers, more present and thereby fully human.<br />
If the ancient Chinese perception is right that we are not born fully human, but only become so as we cultivate ourselves and our relations with others—and that we must do so in a threatening world where things often go terribly wrong and where what we are able to control is very limited—then caregiving is one of those relationships and practices of self-cultivation that make us, even as we experience our limits and failures, more human. It completes (not absolutely, but as a kind of burnishing of what we really are—warts and all) our humanity. And if that Chinese perspective is also right (as I believe it is), when it claims that by building our humanity, we humanize the world, then our own ethical cultivation at the very least fosters that of others and holds the potential, through those relationships, of deepening meaning, beauty, and goodness in our experience of the world." - <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287906148_0" style="border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Arthur Kleinman</span></blockquote>Source:<br />
<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2010/07/on-caregiving" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287906148_1">http://harvardmagazine.com/2010/07/on-caregiving</span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://harvardmag.com/pdf/2010/07-pdfs/0710-25.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287906148_2">http://harvardmag.com/pdf/2010/07-pdfs/0710-25.pdf</span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/Lancet_Catastrophe-and-caregiving.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287906148_3">http://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/Lancet_Catastrophe-and-caregiving.pdf</span></span></a><br />
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</div><div class="yiv758675144yiv1721595004msonormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5489877" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287905367_2">http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5489877</span></a></span></span></div>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160486659641733273.post-5750710199017088492010-08-30T10:21:00.000-07:002010-10-25T23:35:51.548-07:00Action: Volunteering with high school studentsSubmitted by: Anonymous<br />
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">"I will determine whether [a specific] <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287904710_4" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">Independent School District</span> needs volunteers to assist high school students who are children or youth with special health care needs.</span><br />
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<div class="yiv1275703042MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;">... maybe a tutoring-type situation, working on a couple of Saturdays per month with individual students, almost any subject, and/or if there are other activities that occur on weekends – sports events or other school-sponsored weekend events – I could help with transportation, chaperoning a group, or accompanying an individual. With students learning life skills, I could reinforce classroom learning with “<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287936076_0">real life” experiences</span> to train and monitor <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1287936076_1" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted; cursor: hand;">meal planning</span>, go shopping, help with laundry, go to church . . .”</span></span></div>One Star-Throwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283439208113968665noreply@blogger.com0