Friday, January 26, 2018

TED Talk: "Good" and "Bad" Are Incomplete Stories We Tell Ourselves

Here's a TED Talk worth watching. We'd love to hear your thoughts...


"Good" and "Bad" are Incomplete Stories We Tell Ourselves


"Heather Lanier's daughter Fiona has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a genetic condition that results in developmental delays -- but that doesn't make her tragic, angelic or any of the other stereotypes about kids like her. In this talk about the beautiful, complicated, joyful and hard journey of raising a rare girl, Lanier questions our assumptions about what makes a life "good" or "bad," challenging us to stop fixating on solutions for whatever we deem not normal, and instead to take life as it comes."


Thank you to EI SIG member Dana Childress for sharing this!

What is your main "take-away" from this talk?

What do the speaker's insights mean to you and your work in Early Intervention?


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