This reflection from Mabel’s teacher has really stuck with me. Because it doesn’t just speak to how the arts have engaged Mabel; it also shows how her teacher gained a totally new way to understand Mabel and how she learns.
Mabel’s teacher went on to say that because of the Upstream Arts program, she is now better equipped to create a learning environment that is relevant and engaging to Mabel and every other student with whom she interacts.
And for me, that’s the most important impact. Our programs offer a vision, a model of what it looks like to integrate creativity and play into learning. It shows that this work is resetting mindsets about disability and ability, about arts and education, and about what individuals can and cannot do.
We have only $21,058 left to raise of the nearly one million dollars it takes to bring our transformative work to teachers like Mabel’s. Invest today to close that gap by the end of our fiscal year on June 30, 2018.
Join us in resetting mindsets about and ability and disability and moving towards a richer, more inclusive world.
