Hope presses against my autism to let Sarah shine forth. ..

1
Hopes Ingredients

• Developed By
• Sarah Stup
• and
• The Arc of Frederick County

Name _____________________ Date
_________________
2
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.
3
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.
4
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.
5
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.
6
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.
7
Now lets think about how we learn to use Hopes
Ingredients in our lives.
READY!!!
8
What are your hopes today? What are things you
hope for?
9
Write down your favorite hopes...
10
How will you make your Hope happen?
11
Choose...
12
Share your hopes...
Let others know
13
Why are your hopes important?
14
List why your hopes are important...
15
Do you have a hope that is too silly to tell
about?
16
Write down your silly hopes...
17
Do you think people with disabilities have more
or fewer hopes than others?
18
Write down what you think...
19
Ways you can become a high hope person...

• Set goals
• Dream
• Live!

• Share your feelings
• Ask questions
• Be brave

20
Some Hopes Ingredients Successes...
Sarah used Hopes 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.
Hopes 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.
21
What dreams will Hopes Ingredients
help you make true?
Let Sarah and The Arc know...
Email us at sarahstup_at_aol.com and
astephens_at_arcfc.org
22
Mission Statement...
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.
www.arcfc.org
Mission Statement...
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. -Sarah
Stup www.sarahstup.com
The Arc of Frederick County 620-A Research
Drive Frederick, MD 21703 301-663-0909