Bryce, a Shangri-La support trainer, has fond memories of the Oregon School for the Deaf . . . and of scaring people at the school’s annual haunted house: the Nightmare Factory. He was a student there from 1981 to 1994. When it was announced Extreme Makeover: Home Edition had chosen the Oregon School for the [...]

Hello All, I thought that you all might like to read this. Robin Rose does a great deal of training at Shangri-La and her books are helpful and accessible to a wide range of readers. I find the idea of not getting into a defensive way of thinking as a component of staying well very [...]

On Tuesday, October 5, 2010, President Obama signed “Rosa’s Law” which strikes “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” from federal education, health and labor laws, replacing the words with “intellectual disability.” I remember when Shangri-La’s People First President, Mike, approached me in the late 1990’s and commented that the greatest thing I could do in my [...]

Chili, chowder and dessert were the featured menu items at the second annual Shangri-La Coastal Cook-off, held Friday, Sept. 24, at the Pacific Shores Motorcoach Resort in Newport, Oregon. Over 15 entries were judged by a panel of local community members and Shangri-La staff. Each entry’s chef remained anonymous until after the judging was complete. [...]

Shangri-La housing coordinator creates confidence, spreads creativity through a different lens. Kirsten Johnson, a Shangri-La housing coordinator, has loved photography her entire life. A recent transfer to a new Shangri-La home connected her with three supported individuals who also “saw the world in photographs.”  It wasn’t long before Kirsten realized their potential as photographers. Kirsten [...]