Linda Moran
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Disabilities
Linda Moran's son, David, has Down syndrome. Nearly a teenager now, David has launched the Moran family head-long into the larger disability community. The Moran family has attended a family summer camp that embraces all kinds of physical and cognitive disabilities, and have assumed leadership positions at this camp in the past few years.
Published disability articles
"Better Late Than Never" is the true story of potty training David, who has Down syndrome, at
age eleven. It is written with levity, and will touch a nerve for anyone who loves someone with control issues. This article appears in the summer 2004 issue of the "Down syndrome News—Volume 27, Number 4," published by the National Down Syndrome Congress. It
was then reprinted in the September/October newsletter of "The Arc of Clark County Parent to Parent News" in Washington. It was reprinted again by the DSSRI (Down Syndrome Society of Rhode Island).
"David and the World Trade Center"
first appeared in the newsletter of the National Down syndrome
Society in 2003, then in the newsletter of The Religion and Spirituality Division Quarterly, and then in the August 2004 "Special Parent" edition of the award-winning Parent Paper of Northern New Jersey and Rockland County, New York.
This tearful story describes how nine-year-old David, who has Down syndrome, touched the heart of a hurting woman after the
terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
"Life Planners Newsletter"
is a monthly column published for free on the Web site of Betterway Press. The newsletter helps busy family members
to slowly organize their thinking into what will eventually become their disabled family member's "life plan." These newsletters
take the point of view that it can seem like an overwhelming task, but that it can be broken up into smaller, manageable
projects over time.
"Outing My Kids" appeared in the March 2004 issue of Exceptional Parent magazine. This
true-life story has attracted the attention of the National Down Syndrome Society and was reprinted on the NDSS Web site . The piece
was also presented as a dramatic reading and workshop at the Spruce Lake Family Retreat in August, 2004. The Family Retreat
is sponsored by Joni and Friends, a Christian ministry that serves families with a disabled member.
"What is a Life Plan?"
by Mike and Linda Moran, defines and explains the need for a Life Plan document which records everything
you know about your disabled child or other disabled family member.
Disability workshops
Linda Moran offers workshops. Previous workshop topics have included:
- Advocacy for the Faint of Heart (Linda)
- Role Playing Social Interactions (Mike and Linda)
- How to Write a Letter of Intent (Mike and Linda)
- Outing My Kids—A dramatic reading of Linda's story published in Exceptional Parent magazine (Linda)
To find Linda Moran's answers to readers' questions about disabilities and other topics, see readers' questions.
For more information about the Moran family's involvement in the disability community, see disability information from Betterway Press.
View Dave Moran's home page.
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