As I spoke in my previous Blog, my daughter, M. exhibited behaviors that concerned me. Instead of sitting down and playing with a toy, she wandered around the house, never engaging in playing with toys or another person. Walking on uneven surfaces such as a gravel parking lot was avoided by my daughter insisting that […]
After our daughter, M. graduated from high school and decided that college was not the right path for her, the big question was “Now What?”. I came across an ad for a “Horse Caregiver” at a barn for a non-profit organization. M. had several years of experience grooming, tacking up horses and mucking stalls. Equine […]
I’ve been asked “What inspired you to establish OLIDA Learning?” The short answer is a lack of resources for high school students with disabilities. The long answer goes back to 1999, the year our youngest daughter, M. was born. Looking back to my younger self as a mom who was trying to understand some of […]
