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The History of the Disability Pride Flag

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[Image Description: The image shows the updated disability pride flag with charcoal black, dark green, light blue, white, light yellow, dark red, charcoal black diagonal straight stripes on it. ] Happy Disability Pride Month! Last summer I learned about the history of the updated disability pride flag. Last year I created and posted an infographic about the history of the disability pride flag on Instagram and Facebook after finding out about the updated flag. On the second day of this year's Disability Pride Month, I created and posted another infographic about the history of the disability pride flag with more detail this time.  Many people still seem to not be aware of the existence of the disability pride flag.  Learning new things and educating people about unique important topics that they may not be aware of instead of immediately jumping to criticizing them are some things that I am passionate about.  Modeling embracing my mistakes, love for learning n...
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18 Picture Book Recommendations for Infants and Toddlers

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[Image Description: There is a 6 photo collage of the following books: Good Night Bath Time  written by Adam Gamble and illustrated by Mark Jasper, If I were a reindeer...  written and illustrated by Anne Wilkinson, Runaway Bunny written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd, The Very Hungry Caterpillar written and illustrated by Eric Carle, I Can, Can You? written and photographed by Marjorie W. Pitzer, and The Little Engine That Could written by Watty Piper and illustrated by Cristina Ong. "18 Book Recommendations for Infants and Toddlers" is in center-aligned teal text with 1 and 8 in "18" as keycap digit emojis. ] As many of you know, I love to collect children's books and teachers read several books to their students every year.  In this week's blog post, the below featured picture books are developmentally appropriate and fun for any child ages 0-3. These are some my most absolute favorite infant and toddler books of all time. Short b...
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Fair does not always mean equal

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                         [Image Description:  The image has an orange background with my First Former Buddy Club President logo in the bottom left corner. "Fair ≠ Equal Explained" is in center-aligned alternating dark orange text to black text. ]      Fair does not always mean equal. Fair means equity, which is making sure that everyone has what they need to be successful while recognizing that everyone has different needs, challenges, and abilities. Everyone cannot be given all of the same exact things. Everyone needs to be given some different things based on their unique needs. Giving every person all of the same exact things would mean that no one's needs were being met because every person has different needs.     For example, some students in the disability community might need someone to read to them if they are still in the early reader stage due to their severe to profound difficulty ...
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