Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Today, at Support for Special Needs : During the summer, Schuyler is less aware than ever of her disability, which is more than fine with ...

This morning at Support for Special Needs When I write about the importance of true and authentic relationships with people with disabilit...

The very cool folks at the Huffington Post asked me to contribute an essay for Father's Day, so here it is, "What I Know About Fath...

When I write about how truly effective disability advocacy requires entering into authentic relationships with the disabled , it helps to ha...

Today, at Support for Special Needs : I know now that Schuyler can make it without me, and probably even thrive. I understand in a way tha...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Not every dehumanizing party sounds hateful. The most dangerous among them sound downright reasonabl...

Today at Support for Special Needs : There has been so much conversation, so many choices to be made, all focused on enabling Schuyler to ...

Schuyler's IEP Redux took place yesterday. Her previously unsatisfactory speech and language goals were revisited and the new plan for r...

Today at Support for Special Needs : It's easy to get lost in the world in which we live. It's so easy to forget how quickly thing...

Today at Support for Special Needs : If you're here, you get it. You're almost certainly part of the club. You have a disability, ...

Hero. It's a word that gets thrown around rather freely, particularly in the disability community. You read about hero teachers who cha...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Overall, it wasn't a bad IEP meeting. Most of the team was very responsive to the philosophical s...

(I was alone with no ones there!) The grass looks green and the sky looks blue but everything else looks gray The pine tree looks monster...

This afternoon, over at the 504 : Most of all, accommodating the social integration challenges of assistive technology gives Schuyler and ...

Today, over at Support for Special Needs : It's so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day issues and the differences and the anxietie...

Mothers and fathers have very different relationships with their children. I would never try to describe Schuyler's relationship with he...

I have trust issues. I know this. I'm working on that. Recently I posted a piece for Parenting.com ( "The Negotiating Season"...

Note: Schuyler and I were talking the other day about how she's going to use her new iPad Mini to express herself. She said she wants to...

Today at the 504 : Parents need to understand that their intimate relationship with their kid empowers them with a level of investment tha...

This morning at Support for Special Needs : Schuyler is a lifelong commitment, but she's also like a warm star at the center of my sol...