Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Today, over at the 504 : It's easy to make fun of the A for effort, the trophy for participation, but the fact is, for Schuyler and co...

Today, on Support for Special Needs : There's a great deal that we all could use from those around us who love our kids and want to be...

Today at the 504 : It's one of the dirty secrets of assistive voice technology. There are a million good reasons to use it, and the in...

Today at Support for Special Needs : As a parent, those statistics are sobering. As a father, or at least as this father, these odds fly i...

This morning, over at Support for Special Needs : His advice to us has been more therapeutic than medical. "Let her be herself,"...

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, at Support for Special Needs : I see how Schuyler is at these conferences, and I get a glimpse of what her life might be like one d...

Today, at the 504 : "Then there's the real kind of invisibility, the kind familiar to the poor or the disadvantaged. And most of ...

Today, at Support for Special Needs : "Schuyler's differences are significant. Her life will be similarly different, and I antici...

‎Today, at Support for Special Needs : "I once believed that a larger sense of community would benefit us all, that the rising tide r...

Today at Support for Special Needs : "So Schuyler learns to pass, and I try to show her that she doesn't need to while at the sam...

This morning, over at Support for Special Needs : "Sometimes we don’t ask too many questions. Sometimes we don’t pick apart the decis...

Over at The 504 : "Like most special needs parents, when I spend time with the parents of neurotypical children, I become hyperaware o...

Over at Support for Special Needs , I discuss what has become of me in a post that I could have called "What I Want to Be When I Grow U...

Two quick orders of business today. First of all, I want to very publicly thank Dr. Janice Light from Penn State's Department of Commu...

Over at Support for Special Needs , I discuss a movie we watched over the weekend, Now is Good , and how one of the central relationships of...

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...

Today on Support for Special Needs , thoughts on Schuyler's return to school after the break, and how that maybe feels a little differen...

Today at Support for Special Needs , I discuss the passing from the old year to the new, and what that means for families like ours. This be...

Today at Support for Special Needs , a few words on Christmas Eve. I hope everyone reading this has a safe and joyous and transformative h...