Part 1: Walker, the Unexpected Son is the story of Ian and his family with his 11 year old son who has a very rare genetic disorder which has caused him to be disabled (mentally and physically). The first article is especially powerful as is the accompanying video where he talks about his life with his son.
At the Human Resources workshop , Zoël talked about how part of formation was to go to the institution to see where people came from and it was shocking. He asked the question, so that they understand that they are more than caregivers.
I think that it is important that we encourage those leading formation to share this.
Hollee
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Part 2 : Finding Walker's Place is about meeting some of the others with this disability and their parents. There are about about 300 people with this disorder in the world.
Part 3 : Walker, my Teacher If I can prove Walker's broken presence is essential to the world, maybe someone will protect him when I'm no longer here to do so. |