For the disabled in America today, inclusion is a big issue. Why do we shy away from someone we can see is blind? Why do we avoid interacting with the disabled? It’s most often because we simply do not know what their lives are like and how to find common ground. Simply by learning what Lauren Merryfield’s life is like, you might find a way to make inclusion a reality in your little piece of the world. Stop procrastinating and read about what a disabled person’s life is really like. Learn what inclusion means for author Lauren Merryfield in her book, “There’s More Than One Way to Be Okay.” See that her life is not so different from yours. Think about promoting inclusion of the disabled and what that might mean for our society. Lauren Merryfield invites readers to step into her life, a blind woman’s life, and discover how inclusion can improve life for the disabled and for everyone.
Lauren Lynn Merryfield was born totally blind due to glaucoma. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Integrated Studies from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Some years later, she received her Master's in Social Work from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Lauren was married for the first time, with a daughter, Lynden. She held several jobs through the years: elevator operator at the State Capitol; reservation agent at Marriott World-Wide reservation center, earning a Rookie of the Year award; and Travis Air Force Base as a phone operator. Lauren remarried but her husband passed on after ten years. She recently retired and this is her third book. The first two were: "There's more than one way to love a cat: my kitty journal in haiku" and "there's more than one way to be okay: a blind woman's PURRspective on life." The latter is still available at Audible. Lauren has written for the publications of the National Federation of the Blind. She has had pieces appear in several anthologies, and is a member of the Cat Writers' Association and the National Federation of the Blind. Lauren's relationship with Jesus suffered in a nonbiblical New Age setting. Jesus was just a man; a great teacher. The Bible was just a good story to learn from. In March of 2014, Lauren was born again when Jesus rescued her from this nonBiblical community. She is now a "Jesus follower.
True cat lovers will want to read Lauren Merryfield's "There's More Than One Way to Love a Cat." Her attentiveness to her cats in great detail shows how a totally blind woman honors her cats, Maryah, Lewie and Sylvawna. Lauren brings the love of her cats to light in haiku, a seventeen-syllable poem of three lines. This book will bring with it both tears and laughter as well as moments of "oh! I understand!
For the disabled in America today, inclusion is a big issue. Why do we shy away from someone we can see is blind? Why do we avoid interacting with the disabled? It’s most often because we simply do not know what their lives are like and how to find common ground. Simply by learning what Lauren Merryfield’s life is like, you might find a way to make inclusion a reality in your little piece of the world. Stop procrastinating and read about what a disabled person’s life is really like. Learn what inclusion means for author Lauren Merryfield in her book, “There’s More Than One Way to Be Okay.” See that her life is not so different from yours. Think about promoting inclusion of the disabled and what that might mean for our society. Lauren Merryfield invites readers to step into her life, a blind woman’s life, and discover how inclusion can improve life for the disabled and for everyone.
This book examines the multiple ways that concepts associated with Native North American indigeneity can contribute to creative and critical approaches to the process of teaching and learning. A must-read for all pre-service and in-service teachers, the book illustrates how applying these new perspectives to the process of teacher education can shed light on new possibilities for curricular reform. This text will be especially useful to social studies educators interested in interdisciplinary approaches to critical curriculum development.
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