Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Here’s a fun fact that I just recently learned. When they (the people who make up such things, almost certainly with a clipboard in hand) de...

Last week I had a heart catheter procedure, to measure the amount of blockage in my shitty, shitty heart and possible put in a stent or two....

So I guess I’m going to talk about this thing, which has nothing to do with disability advocacy or Schuyler, except of course it does, becau...

I haven't written much about Las Vegas. Part of the reason is that it turns out Schuyler and I have a random weird association with the ...

Today we said goodbye to a member of our family. Today, we lost sweet, sweet Lulu. She joined our little family fourteen years ago, at...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Her ultimate survival of her junior year is in large part due to the people who watch ou...

I haven’t posted over here in a while, not exclusively. I’ve been engaged in a more professional weekly blogging gig at Support for Special ...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  I’m not sure where I’m going with this post, because I’m not sure what the takeaway is. S...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Schuyler's world just became much, much larger, and as it turns out, that scares her...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  When Schuyler gets up tomorrow and faces her weary and deeply disheartened father, she wi...

This morning at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:    There's a lot more for Schuyler to unpack about this, some of it making zero...

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:   When we talk about accessibility and inclusion, those aren't just buzzwords. And the...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Schuyler doesn't understand what's going on in any comprehensive way. I don'...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  Today, I’m tired of the walking. I’m tired of screwing up, and I’m tired of other people ...

Over the weekend, we said a sudden and unexpected goodbye to Petey, who had been with us since he was a tiny puppy in 2005. Petey was a sh...

Today at Support for Special Needs : But perhaps more importantly, for special needs parents, it's not always as simply the choice bet...

"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be....

It was a rough week. I won't lie. It was rough for me, and it was even worse for Schuyler. One thing I can say for certain about this we...