Cody’s Life on a Spectrum

Guidance for those who dont understand…

Children with special needs deserve to be acknowledged not for what they lack, but for the unique gifts they possess. Instead of ‘disabled,’ let us celebrate them as ‘differently abled’ and full of potential.

Let us shift the narrative: children with special needs are not defined by disabilities, but rather by their distinct talents and abilities. They are gifted and differently abled.

WE ALL HAVE DISABILITIES… my speech during the Moving Up Ceremonies of Pedagogy Learning Center where some children have been diagnosed as children with “special needs.”