4MyChild: Help and Hope for Life

November 18, 2006

Girl Scouts Work to Help Those with Disabilities “Belong”

I came across this neat site, a blog that offers stories of “belonging being nurtured.” The goal of the blog is to foster a sense of belonging to people who feel isolated by disabilities. The blog, The Belonging Initiative, looks for submissions and stories about people who have done something to encourage inclusivity of people with disabilities.

For example, a series of stories about girl scouts. One story that struck me was the one about 5 Girl Scouts who got together, they all live with cerebral palsy, and met with a physical therapist and invented some adaptive tools. What did they work on? An adaptive tool to put on mascara, another came up with tools to use one hand to apply nail polish and another girl came up with a key assist, so she could use a key on her own.

For more stories visit:
http://www.plan.ca/belong/2006/11/in-girl-scouts-abilities-vary-and.html

Do you have story about helping some one feel like they “belong?” Please post in the comments section and share with our readers. Read more inspirational stories about cerebral palsy.