Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  We push back against ableist speech, over and over again, because we hope, against all th...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Everyone cry out, because such a statement demands outcry. Ann Coulter stands proudly an...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Hate speech and its environment protect a societal belief that only those who may contri...

This is Schuyler. Schuyler is sixteen years old. She plays percussion in her high school band. Schuyler participates in Miracle League s...

This morning at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Some of the different hats I wear in my life don't always compliment each oth...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   There are a lot of reasons I'm already disgusted and exhausted by this election seas...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Is it fair, taking that word away from you? Don't you have a right to use whatever w...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt: For Schuyler, I don't think it's being different that bothers her. She'll prou...

Today at Support for Special Needs : My fears for that future, and they are legion, have little to do with what Schuyler will be able to d...

Today at Support for Special Needs : What I’m doing by not saying anything is a form of silent consent. I let a little piece of verbal poi...

As a part of today's observation of " Spread the Word to End the Word ", sponsored by the Special Olympics and Best Buddies, I...

Today on Support for Special Needs , I discuss the societal battles that those of us in the disability community fight over and over, even t...

It's election season in the United States. This is a very special time for the people of this country, an opportunity to come together t...

I didn't want to write about this today. I didn't want to write about it at all, actually, but certainly not today. I've got an...

On Facebook the other day, I made a statement in regards to the rapper 50 Cent and his ugly Tweets in which he used autism and special edu...

In the past year or so, Schuyler has made a discovery. It's one I've always known she would make, and always anticipated with a heav...

When we talk about the dehumanization of people with disabilities, there's a general dismay that receives a certain amount of lip servic...

March 7th is the annual "Spread the Word to End the Word" observance day. The word, of course, is "retard", and if you...

Every day, I believe our society is moving towards recognition of the fact that making fun of people with developmental disabilities just is...

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars has teamed up with Special Olympics for a new public service announcement . The NSCS provides...