Hope’s Ingredients
Developed By:
Sarah Stup
and
The Arc of Frederick County
Name: _____________________
Date: _________________
Raising Hope
Hope is my favorite word. Hope presses against my autism
to let Sarah shine forth. I use hope for a springboard to
leap from places that attract laziness and powerlessness to
a height for futures never imagined for a person like me.
Because hope troops along through stop signs, people with
disabilities and all people who help them need to raise
hope.
C.R. Snyder writes about the importance of hope in the
book Cognitive Coping, Families, & Disability.
(Turnbull, A., Patterson, J., Behr, S., et al.) Two equal
ingredients of hope are the determination to get what we
want and the creation of pathways to goals. People with
high hope take new routes whenever a pathway is
blocked.
Achievers get what they want more
often by using these two tested
ingredients, says Snyder. Since those
of us with disabilities have less
opportunity, we need to use this hope
method to be happy and peaceful.
Pathways can be created where we
are wishing to go, not where we are
told to go. People who help us
should be pleased we have eyes that
forget disability.
Although people with low hope focus on
failure, the author suggests ways that hope
can be nurtured. Please practice raising hope
for the real people who are inside bodies that
work differently. Remind them of past times
when they were successful, and let them know
they are worth lots to God. Reading stories
about others who have broken through
barriers can be encouraging. Goals can be
reduced into steps that seem possible, and it is
important to learn to laugh and keep going
after a problem.
People with disabilities can use hope
ingredients to gain regular lives.
Because our souls are whole and
healthy, we have real hopes and dreams
– hope without disability. These perfect
hopes can be our leader out of a world
that too often turns away. Raise hope!
Bibliography
Turnbull, Ann P., Patterson, Joan M., Behr, Shirley K., Murphy, Douglas L., Marquis, Janet
G., Blue-Banning, Martha J. Cognitive Coping, Families &Disability. Baltimore: Paul H.
Brookes Publishing Co., 1993.
Now let’s think about how we
learn to use Hope’s
Ingredients in our lives.
READY!!!
What are your hopes today?
What are things you hope for?
Write down your favorite hopes...
How will you
make your Hope
happen?
Choose...
Choose a Hope:
Give pathways to make that Hope
come true
Share your hopes...
Let others know
Who will you share your hopes with?
Family?
Friends?
Neighbors?
Teachers?
Others?
Why are your hopes important?
List why your hopes are important...
Do you have a hope that is
too silly to tell about?
Write down
your silly
hopes...
Do you think
people with
disabilities have
more or fewer
hopes than others?
Write down what you think...
Ways you can become a high hope
person...
Share your feelings
Set goals
Ask questions
Dream
Be brave
Live!
Some Hope’s Ingredients Successes...
Sarah used Hope’s Ingredients to become an author and
advocate.
Curran participated in a leadership class with The Arc and
landed a job as a cashier at Target.
Tom has been employed at Best Buy for over 2 years.
Hope’s Ingredients helped Patricia realize that working in a creative
atmosphere was important. She has worked at Jo-Ann Fabrics and now
designs mannequins at JC Penney.
What dreams will Hope’s Ingredients
help you make true?
Let Sarah and The Arc know...
Email us at:
[email protected] and [email protected]
“Even though my sounding voice is broken,
I want to use my loud typing voice to send
messages of hope and understanding. With
my writing I can let people know that those
of us with disabilities are real people worth
knowing. Words, bent and poked and
stretched, can change minds and make a
new and better world. You are great to help
me help others.”
The mission of The Arc of Frederick
County is to provide advocacy,
access to resources, and assistance
in increasing individual and family
connections for people with
developmental disabilities. The
organization seeks creative
solutions to help people attain the
goals they choose, thereby creating
better lives for people with
disabilities and their families.
-Sarah Stup
www.arcfc.org
www.sarahstup.com
The Arc of Frederick County ~ 620-A Research Drive ~ Frederick, MD 21703 ~ 301-663-0909