Friday, August 20, 2010
Maria & I - Autistic Daughter is a Father's Inspiration
An award-winning Spanish illustrator, Miguel Gallardo, has created a beautiful film and comic book about his relationship with his autistic daughter, Maria.
Both the comic book and film are entitled Maria y Yo and include sketches and drawing that the artist has done over the past 12 or 13 years. Maria is now 14.
The artist uses humour and a father's insight to bring his subject to life and also keeps a blog by the same title.
He says that the sketches form "a map of Maria's world".
Thursday, August 19, 2010
RAPID's "Saturday Mornings in the Park" a Great Time for All!
This summer, a small group of special needs families from Montreal's south shore area experienced a rare opportunity to share fun activities and exchange ideas.
Moving between a variety of parks in St. Lambert and Greenfield Park, the group was organized by parents from RAPID and also benefited from contributions from volunteers and an animator provided by the ARSDI (L'Association de la Rive-Sud pour la Déficience Intellectuelle).
With new and familiar faces in attendance most every week, organizers are hoping to continue to build on this success to benefit more families in the future.
This activity could even branch into a number of offshoots, if the demand is there, including possibly a Saturday afternoon respite-style program where parents could leave their kids for two or three hours and/or a "traveling" Saturday in the Park schedule which would visit different locations around the south shore.
Some of the people in attendance came from as far away as Chateauguay and Carignan, as well as other areas of the south shore, such as St. Bruno, Longueuil, Brossard, Greenfield Park and St. Lambert.
Moving between a variety of parks in St. Lambert and Greenfield Park, the group was organized by parents from RAPID and also benefited from contributions from volunteers and an animator provided by the ARSDI (L'Association de la Rive-Sud pour la Déficience Intellectuelle).
With new and familiar faces in attendance most every week, organizers are hoping to continue to build on this success to benefit more families in the future.
This activity could even branch into a number of offshoots, if the demand is there, including possibly a Saturday afternoon respite-style program where parents could leave their kids for two or three hours and/or a "traveling" Saturday in the Park schedule which would visit different locations around the south shore.
Some of the people in attendance came from as far away as Chateauguay and Carignan, as well as other areas of the south shore, such as St. Bruno, Longueuil, Brossard, Greenfield Park and St. Lambert.
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