Potential doesn’t disappear because support needs are significant.
Jennifer Swan shares what 15 years of parenting her daughter has taught her about looking beyond limitations and recognizing the person, possibility, and potential that are still there.
Her daughter relies on multiple machines every day to stay alive and cannot move independently, but her story is about so much more than what she cannot do.
Assume competency. See the whole person. And never let a diagnosis become the ceiling for what someone is capable of becoming.
#SpecialEducationBoss #SpecialEducation #AssumeCompetence #DisabilityAdvocacy #Inclusion #StudentPotential #ParentAdvocacy #SpecialNeedsParent #SpecialEducationAcademy
Jennifer Swan shares what 15 years of parenting her daughter has taught her about looking beyond limitations and recognizing the person, possibility, and potential that are still there.
Her daughter relies on multiple machines every day to stay alive and cannot move independently, but her story is about so much more than what she cannot do.
Assume competency. See the whole person. And never let a diagnosis become the ceiling for what someone is capable of becoming.
#SpecialEducationBoss #SpecialEducation #AssumeCompetence #DisabilityAdvocacy #Inclusion #StudentPotential #ParentAdvocacy #SpecialNeedsParent #SpecialEducationAcademy