Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Undated: My father Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob My father died twenty years ago today. It's strange to think about it now, especia...

As part of my fancy pants authority duties, I serve on the Board of Trustees for the Foundation for Children with Microcephaly. This makes ...

My monthly post is up over at Hopeful Parents . I promise, I'm going to lighten up soon.

Flygirl Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob ACT I Julie picks up Schuyler from school. Schuyler is in a very sad mood, not making eye contac...

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Workshop at Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee Presentation: Friday, March 26, 201...

Schuyler Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob There's an issue that has been lurking in the future, like so many of Schuyler's do. Jul...

I've posted another essay on Hopeful Parents . This time I share some thoughts on the new HBO film Temple Grandin . So, you know, go ch...

Okay, Amazon. Now you're just being rude.

First of all, the CEO of Macmillan, John Sargent, has responded to the Amazon brouhaha . (When I see that word "brouhaha", I imag...

"I bleed the people." Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Schuyler was writing sentences using spelling words for a homework assign...

Happy birthday, Mom.

Well, given my previous post, this may seem sort of ironic, but as of today, I am now writing once a month over at Hopeful Parents , a site ...

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." -- Ernest Hemingway ----- Yeah, I saw it . It di...

After it snowed the other day, I went looking for video to show Schuyler what we used to call REAL snow. I knew I had some boring old holid...

Santa's detritus Christmas morning hair White Christmas, if you get up before it melts off. (Which it did.) Christmas sunrise It's ...

"It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman...

A few facts about the next few days, along with an inescapable conclusion. Fact: Two of my best friends are getting married in Las Vegas o...

On the plane Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob I just wanted to take a moment and thank everyone from the North Carolina Assistive Technolo...

Too cool to smile Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Schuyler and I are coming to North Carolina this week, for the North Carolina Assistive...

For parents of kids with cerebral palsy, I'm posting this on behalf of Adam Bowker . Adam is a speech pathologist and AAC researcher wh...