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Here's a place where you can review books, educational dvds and documentaries that relate to ACE concepts or trauma-informed practices. "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." ~ Nelson Mandela

Raising Disabled Children in an Unequal America [peggyomara.com]

 

At nine months old, Autumn started banging her head. Victoria and Nathaniel had installed swings for their twin girls in the doorway of the living room, and Autumn would lean out of the swing in order to whack herself on the posts. They would carefully snuggle her back in, secure her, and pad the posts with pillows, but she continued to bang. Sometimes she banged with such vigor that she scarred herself and shook the house. She also started to rock, vigorously pulsating back and forth. She enjoyed humming, producing a discordant, bitonal, and jarring sound. The banging and cacophonous hum, repeated endless times a day, pelted Nathaniel and Victoria’s nerves.

[For more on this story, go to https://www.peggyomara.com/201...-an-unequal-america/]

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