Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

So an I've mentioned before, I'm giving a presentation next week at ALATEC on AAC implementation, from a parent's perspective. ...

Space Boy, Fly Girl Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob I was having a discussion with a good friend of mine last night, and the topic had tu...

Adventure Camp Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Some of us have had a better week than others. Mine was a little shaky. First of all, I&#...

She calls him Fuzzy Brown. Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Schuyler has been in fifth grade for two weeks now. It's hard to get a di...

Sacrifice I gave an eye to save from night A babe born blind; And now with eager semi-sight Vast joy I find To think a child can share with...

I'm closing this particular post to comments. Sometimes I need to hear, but occasionally, I just sort of need to say. A good and thou...

Fighting the battles for a special needs child changes a person. I suspect every parent of a kid with a disability will tell you the same t...

Schuyler begins the fifth grade tomorrow. So it begins. I've written at length about the anxiety we experienced last spring in Schuy...

Pondering monsters Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Last weekend marked a strange anniversary. Some years I remember it, and some go by u...

Heathens at the gate Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob I delivered the sermon at a church on Sunday. Okay, I know. But that's not as u...

I wrote a little somethin' somethin' over at Support for Special Needs , on the topic of marriage and special needs families. Perha...

Smartass fortune cookie Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob Schuyler and I are heading back to Odessa, land of my misspent youth, to speak to...

Us Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob When large things loom, it's the small things that save. Someone recently told me that for all my ...

Us Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob It's Father's Day, so it's appropriate (and very cool) that I can point you to an intervie...

(The perhaps inevitable result of scented markers and fine motor control issues...) --- First of all, I've posted my monthly essay on Ho...

Schuyler has been writing poetry in school, accompanied by her own drawings. I'm not under any illusions here; aside from perhaps the o...

It has been noted that my last two entries ( "Truth can be a monster, too" and "A question of faith" ) are almost compl...

So yeah, it's been a rough week. We've been trying to find the lesson from Schuyler's IEP meeting and everything we learned, bu...

Monster hands Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob I go out of my way to portray myself as a big shot author and disability advocate. Just lo...

A few weeks ago, I was invited to speak to an autism book club at a large Baptist church here in Plano. Yeah, I know what you're thinkin...