“We have six children. So yes, we’re pro-life.” When I heard her say it, I wondered if we could blame her mistake on Oklahoma’s record cuts to public education. The quote is an example of a non sequitur, a statement that does not logically follow from the previous statement. Since nearly one-fifth of all Oklahoma […]
developmental disabilities
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Advocating respite
In mid-March, Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Mustang, introduced legislation designed to create a respite waiver program for families and caregivers of people with developmental disabilities. Osborn, one of 15 members of the newly created Waiting List Caucus, introduced House Bill 2758 as a solution to reduce the long waiting list that has historically plagued Oklahoma Department […]
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Budget cuts further affect people with developmental disabilities
Oklahomans wait years for help with developmental disabilities and might wait even longer due to recent budget cuts.
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The R-word
Erin Taylor and her son Henry Credit: Mark Hancock It was just another word she or her family may have used or heard. Today, as she raises a 10-year-old son with a cognitive disability, she’s teaching her four other children — and herself — just how much the word means. “Was I always that mother? […]