Inspiring Quotes

"And I believe that one of our greatest future directions is to provide as much choice and control as possible for people with intellectual disabilities. And when those people, similar to Jay, need support in making that happen, then they are surrounded by family and friends who can enable them to have the life that all of us want for ourselves, an opportunity to control our front door and opportunity to have a job where we can contribute and to have valued friends."


-Ann Turnbull
                                                                                                                         
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111781649


"Special Olympics athletes are spokespersons for freedom itself - they ask for the freedom to live, the freedom to belong, the freedom to contribute, the freedom to have a chance. And, of all the values that unite and inspire us to seek a better world, no value holds a higher place than the value of freedom."

-Eunice Kenndy Shriver
http://www.betterworldheroes.com/pages-s/kennedy-shriver-quotes.htm


"It became my passion to make sure all children were taught in environments and ways that truely nutured their ability to grow and develop their abilities."

-Louise Derman-Sparks
Multi-Media Presentation: The passion for early childhood.