FORT WAYNE – As communities nationwide observe Disability Awareness Month in March, award-winning author, educator and disability advocate Stuart D. Jones, Ph.D., is inviting readers to reconsider what they think they know about disability through his memoir, “For the Love of Stephen: The Story of a Boy Who Was Never Broken.”
The memoir is a tribute to Jones’ brother Stephen, who was born with intellectual and developmental disabilities in an era when many families were urged to institutionalize children like him. Instead, Stephen’s family chose love over fear – and that decision changed generations, according to Jones’ news release.
“Disability Awareness Month is not about pity,” Jones said. “It is about dignity. It is about recognizing that every human life carries immeasurable worth. Stephen was never broken. The systems around him often were – but he never was. He was simply different, not less.”…