Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Today at Support for Special Needs : Returning to New England has given me the opportunity to think back on the last 10 years, and to reco...

Today at Support for Special Needs : We're already on islands, many of us, but not in a vacation wonderland kind of a way. Our islands...

It's still complicated.

Today at Support for Special Needs : I’d never heard anyone come out and admit that their company had been spooked by the internal divisio...

Today at Support for Special Needs : I’m writing about what I’m feeling here because I think it might be almost as common among special ne...

Today at Support for Special Needs , for those attending SXSW this week and next: If you were paying close attention back at the top, you ...

Today at Support for Special Needs : She sees her future work life as an abstraction, probably because at her age, the future seems limitl...

After Schuyler's most recent visit to her neurologist back in December, we were given a cd with images from her MRI. In what felt like a...

Today at Support for Special Needs : As parents of children with disabilities, we are constantly looking for the word choices that reflect...

I'm sorry if you're getting tired of this story. I actually wrote this last week. One of the pitfalls of a weekly column, I guess. A...

Today at Support for Special Needs : My fears for that future, and they are legion, have little to do with what Schuyler will be able to d...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Special needs parents and their support professionals frequently talk about transitions. They are wil...

Today at Support for Special Needs : For the parents of special needs kids who have developmental and communication impediments to indepen...

Today, at Support for Special Needs : The thing I find sometimes is how much there is to learn in the simplified version she gives back. S...

One of the concepts you see referenced frequently in disability writing these days is to always presume competence. It's a straightforwa...

Today at Support for Special Needs : What I’m doing by not saying anything is a form of silent consent. I let a little piece of verbal poi...

I don't return home to Odessa very often. Probably not nearly enough, anyway. It's been almost three decades since I actually lived ...

At Support for Special Needs : I’m not sure I’d call any of these "resolutions". But as we march off into 2014, I will try to be...

Today at  Support for Special Needs : I mentioned this last year, but one of the things I value the most about a site like this one is h...

This week always presents a natural time to stop and reflect on where Schuyler is in her life, with her birthday only a few days away. It...