The Paren't Inclusion Project
Do we understand disability adequately? Do we convince ourselves to see disability as a check – yes, check-no kind of answer? What if we thought of it more like a spectrum of abilities with all of us lying somewhere in between? We know some people need more help than others – sometimes temporarily and other times ongoing. 
The Paren't Inclusion Project funded by the Ministry of Ontario is a project that aims to reach out and work with paren'ts from Lawrence Heights, Neptune and Lotherton – and the areas in between – to support paren'ts that want to become more involved in the educational needs of their children.
In a series of workshops beginning at the Friday Night Café in Lawrence Heights on Friday February 22, 2013 at 6:30 p.m., the LHION Education Workgroup is pulling together resources to identify the range of needs to help children of all abilities to make the most of their education.
Download LHION Education Workgroup – electronic flyer FINAL
Here are some light picture books that will help understand disability and special needs in children. Share them with friends and family – and get involved in the Paren't Inclusion Project.
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Here are some good articles and positive examples of what we talk about when we work towards inclusion and are motivated by knowing what is possible, and that it is happening in places where they have a positive attitude about ALL kids capacities and potential. Everyone Has Strengths and Gifts is the message of our launch tomorrow evening and the ongoing work of the Paren’t Inclusion Project, with LHION Education Workgroup. There will be something for everyone and you are sure to be enlightened and inspired as caring community members come together to build understanding and support for diversity. ALL really does mean ALL kids, for real opportunities and a more just world.
About a neat school in the us:
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/02/20/neurodiversity-the-next-frontier-for-civil-rights/
And about the creative problem solving abilities of kids:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/my-disabled-son-and-the-compassion-of-children/article4549441/
And highschool aged youth working together for inclusion in Virginia, with lots of good video and examples of how to advocate and simple tools to share your strengths with teachers and others:
http://www.imdetermined.org/one_pager/
Thanks for reading!
Leah Dolmage
Paren’t Inclusion Project, LHION
Community Network Facilitator at Options, Family Service Toronto
http://www.familyservicetoronto.org/programs/options.html