January 15, 2018

Without the removal of attitudinal barriers, the disability legislation of the past decade will not realize its full promise. – GUNNAR DYBWAD
January 8, 2018

In the cause for humanity, we must all agree that All men are human beings All human beings are valuable. And all the rest is commentary […]
January 1, 2018

Human service professionals with special expertise, techniques, and technology push out the problem-solving knowledge and action of friend, neighbor, citizen, and association.  – JOHN MCKNIGHT
December 25, 2017

[A culture of life] starts with our own gentleness, our acceptance of nonviolence, our constant questioning of our own beliefs and actions, our ability to teach […]
December 18, 2017

Why have I told you these appalling vignettes of past institutional life?  Because the system that created these dehumanizing arrangements is still with us today. – […]
December 11, 2017

To live with our retarded children, our handicapped friends, our aging parents does place burdens on us…[T]hese are burdens which cannot be avoided or delegated: to […]
December 4, 2017

The bottom fell out of human service morality in any number of ways when medicine unequivocally abandoned its moral, philosophical, and theological background. – WOLF WOLFENSBERGER
November 27, 2017

For those whose ’emptiness’ cannot be filled by human services, the most obvious ‘need’ is the opportunity to express and share their gifts, skills, capacities, and […]
November 20, 2017

When in doubt about what to do, a gentle caregiver looks at any question or situation from this perspective – ‘What will help the person feel safe and loved at this very moment?’ – […]