This weekend Alina won a bronze in long jump and Meg won silver in both the 200 and the 800m run. Meg's 800 was her best time yet at 6:03. I specifically wore my "Nevertheless She Persisted" shirt today because I believe it describes the essence of who Meg and Alina and ALL Special Olympians are... people who persist among all doubt and limits. As I watched Meg run 2 laps around the track I thought about how, today, I could not run an 800m in 6:03. I looked in the stands at p

Messages are everywhere. Some are blatant; some, not so obvious. Consider the messages sent and received throughout this hypothetical scenario. In the heart of the American Corn Belt, a small-town high school physical education class plays wiffle ball. Of the 34 students, 3 have moderate to severe disabilities. Will is nearly blind, Chris has Down syndrome, and Anthony has autism. These three young men have a paraprofessional with them in class. Various methods of choosing te