a while back, and i don't remember why, i was groping for this word.
Agency
was one of those things, at the tip of the tongue, NEEDED, but illusive. Agency. I emailed Dee, giving her context, begging her to come up with the word. She couldn't. and i couldn't.
a couple days ago i read an article on dying, and there in it..."a dying person has very little agency"..... !!!!!!!!!! my word!!!!! Agency!!!. YES!
so today, i googled Self Determination Agency
" the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power."
and then still looking, i see this from National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
"Self-determination: Supporting Successful Transition by christine D. Bremer, Mera Kahgal, and Kris Schoeller
Self determination is a concept reflecting the belief that all individuals have the right to direct their own lives. Students who have self determination skills have a stronger chance of being successful in making the transition to adulthood, including employment and independence. Starting with the 1990 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, transition services must be based on student needs and take into account student interests and preferences. To accomplish this goal, students must be prepared to participate in planning for their future.
Self determination encompasses concepts such as free will, civil and human rights, freedom of choice, independence, personal agency, self direction and individual responsibility. based on the assumption that people have inborn tendencies to grow and develop psychologically, to strive to master challenges in the environment, and to integrate experience into self concept. This theory holds that these human tendencies are full expressed only within a supportive social context. That is, self determination is not achieved simply because an individual has certain requisite knowledge and skills; it is also important that key people and institutions in the person's life provide a context conducive to self determination. that even when youth have excellent self determination skills, they can be thwarted in their efforts to become self determined by people and institutions that present barriers or fail to provide needed supports."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so......here.....on a day that i felt so so Flattened, so broken, so Sad. The WORD showed up in such a fine and great way.
Agency
Agency. How do i find my Agency amidst it all. How IMPORTANT to still and always search for and find one's Agency
Agency. ok.
