Michigan's statewide network of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) are community-based, non-profit organizations that help Michiganders with disabilities live full, independent lives. Operated by and for people with disabilities, CILs provide essential, life-changing services that not only help people avoid institutionalization, but also enable them to secure employment, pursue education, and contribute to Michigan's economy.
On June 12, the Supreme Court made it easier for students with disabilities to sue school districts that don’t offer them the “free, appropriate public education” they are entitled to under federal law. This “includes adhering to every detail of a student’s individualized education plan, or IEP—even when it means hiring staff, building a specialized classroom setting, or sending a student to an external provider,” Education Week explains.
But here’s the thing. Resolutions don’t have to be grand gestures. They don’t have to be about overhauling your life. In fact, sweeping resolutions tend to fail because it takes more than a change in the calendar to make something happen. It takes thoughtful consideration, realistic expectations, and planning.
It is too easy for those whose lives are not touched by disability to largely forget that people with disabilities exist. Everyone has something they take for granted and for many people those things are what they consider mundane: driving a car, climbing the stairs as they head into the office, going to a therapy appointment, returning at the end of the day to a comfortable home that meets their needs and doesn’t exceed their budget.
But here’s the thing. Resolutions don’t have to be grand gestures. They don’t have to be about overhauling your life. In fact, sweeping resolutions tend to fail because it takes more than a change in the calendar to make something happen. It takes thoughtful consideration, realistic expectations, and planning.
It is too easy for those whose lives are not touched by disability to largely forget that people with disabilities exist. Everyone has something they take for granted and for many people those things are what they consider mundane: driving a car, climbing the stairs as they head into the office, going to a therapy appointment, returning at the end of the day to a comfortable home that meets their needs and doesn’t exceed their budget.
But here’s the thing. Resolutions don’t have to be grand gestures. They don’t have to be about overhauling your life. In fact, sweeping resolutions tend to fail because it takes more than a change in the calendar to make something happen. It takes thoughtful consideration, realistic expectations, and planning.
It’s a new year and you know what that means: resolutions! And lots of people discussing resolutions. And some people actually making and keeping resolutions.
But here’s the thing. Resolutions don’t have to be grand gestures. They don’t have to be about overhauling your life. In fact, sweeping resolutions tend to fail because it takes more than a change in the calendar to make something happen. It takes thoughtful consideration, realistic expectations, and planning.
It’s a new year and you know what that means: resolutions! And lots of people discussing resolutions. And some people actually making and keeping resolutions.
But here’s the thing. Resolutions don’t have to be grand gestures. They don’t have to be about overhauling your life. In fact, sweeping resolutions tend to fail because it takes more than a change in the calendar to make something happen. It takes thoughtful consideration, realistic expectations, and planning.
