Live Like Sean with TJ Nelligan [IEP 153]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joining us today is TJ Nelligan, author of the newly-released book,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Live Like Sean. </span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TJ is an entrepreneur, advocate, and former Chairman & CEO of the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games. The sudden passing of his son, Sean, stirred TJ to write a loving tribute that is poignantly captured via a first-person perspective of seeing the world through the eyes of his special-needs son. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As you will hear TJ express, Sean taught the world more than it could ever teach him. Listen in to hear more about what Sean’s life can teach us all.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TJ shares his personal story of learning that Sean had special needs.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The advocacy lessons that TJ learned early on.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Inclusion isn’t just about education while attending school. When special-needs kids graduate from high school, inclusion needs to continue.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TJ relates some of Sean’s unique characteristics.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The way that Sean lived in the moment is worthy of our own self-reflection.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Suggestions from TJ on how parents can learn to accept that their child has struggles, and how they might advocate.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Special-needs kids have a way of inspiring and positively impacting the lives of so many of those around them!</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Connect with TJ!</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Visit his</span> <a href= "http://website" target="_blank" rel="noopen