Words to Laugh By-- Lori Miller Fox

Some kids with special needs learn best with short simple declarative sentences. Having a sense of humor doesn’t hurt either.  I was thinking that maybe short funny declarative statements would also be the best way to communicate with those school personnel and others who “just don’t get it”. So here are just a few statements that I’d like to share with some people I’ve met.  Maybe you’d like to share some yourself. Please feel free to shout them from the rooftops, post them on signs, wear them on t-shirts, stick them on bumpers, or tatoo them wherever you choose.   

Caution, special ed directors may be bigger jerks than they appear.

Into every life some rain must fall, and into some, it storms.

See the world through rose colored glasses, but at times, shot glasses are necessary.

If you fall off a horse, get right back on, or lie down on the ground, let it trample you and put you out of your misery.

Seize the day, and in the afternoon see the neurologist.

What goes up, must come down, except the blood pressure of a parent of a child with special needs.

Look on the bright side, and grab the fire extinguisher it might be combustible.

Don’t worry, be delusional.

You have nothing to fear, but the school district.

I’m waiting for my ship to come in, right now it’s underwater.

Life is a bowl of cherries, but I’m allergic to fruit.

If you build it, it had better meet ADA guidelines.

All work and no play, makes you the parent of a child with special needs.

Give the devil his due process.

Every day can’t be Sunday, too bad then there’d be no school.

Trust yourself, because you certainly can’t trust the school district.

I think, therefore I deserve an appropriate education.

You’ve got your truffles, I’ve got mine.

The road not taken, is not handicapped accessible.

Just when you’re at the end of your rope, someone kicks the stool out from under you.

Just when it seems things can’t get much worse, you have your IEP meeting.

If you think you can and you think you can’t, you’re thinking way too much.

Take things one step at a time, because the two-step requires dance lessons.

Give yourself a break, unless you don’t have health insurance; then maybe just a sprain.

There’s light at the end of the tunnel, but there’s no bulb in the socket.

No Child Left kiss my Behind.

Comments

[Sandy Alperstein]

I don't know how you do it, Lori, but you hit the spot every time! I'm laughing out loud here!!

[Peggy Lou Morgan]

Oh, Lori I was having withdrawal waiting for more of your wonderful comic relief. I love it as always.

[yolanda martinez]

Thank you! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry with some of these. How true---Thank you again, it was a much needed laugh.