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Living the Courage {A Vibe Documentary}

June 16, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Special Needs Topics Leave a Comment

I was recently contacted by a fellow speech-langauge pathologist who shared with me the story of a family she has worked with for many years. This family is currently traveling the world and having their lives documented for an upcoming documentary. The story sounded pretty cool, so I went to check it out for more information.

Here is the description from their site:

Meet the Whites. A middle class family who loved their “stuff” and is trimming it down to four boxes each, filling their backpacks and embarking on an epic trip around the world to find the true “meaning in life” – by traveling the globe, immersing themselves in local cultures and doing volunteer work along the way.

Jody and John, along with their spontaneous and fun-loving teenaged son Riley and 11-year old daughter Allison, are about to test their belief that life’s true meaning is found in service to others. They are leaving their world behind for a year, traveling the globe and volunteering with people and animals with the greatest needs.

Allison 2

The White family and their guide at the summit of Mt. Lawu in Java…where they celebrated Christmas!

But if that isn’t already a pretty awesome adventure, The White’s daughter Allison has significant speech and communication issues. At age 2, she was diagnosed with a rare childhood case of Neurosarcoidosis and suffers from the speech disorder dysarthria. In fact, it was Allison’s long term speech-language pathologist who contacted me and shared the White’s story with me.

Allison

Allison in a small village in Thailand called Tha Thum. They volunteered at a local primary school there to help teach English to the children. 

They just launched the trailer for the documentary a couple days ago and I wanted to help share the project with you all. You can read more about the White family and their story by going HERE.

I wish the White family the best of luck on their adventure! I can’t wait to see the documentary!

About Katie

Katie is a licensed, credentialed and certified pediatric speech-language pathologist and mom to four (8, 6, 3 and 6 months). Her passion for educating, inspiring and empowering parents of children with all abilities led her to start her blog playing with words 365 where she shares information about speech & language development & intervention strategies, parenting, photography and a little about her family life too. Katie has been working in the field of speech pathology for 12 years and is certified in The Hanen Centre’s It Takes Two to Talk ® and Target Word ® programs and holds a certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). In addition to blogging and being a mommy, Katie works part time in her small private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can follow her on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.

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