Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

This week at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   As parents of kids with disabilities, we step up to the big fights, and while they c...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Sometimes I learn things about Schuyler the hard way. Important things. Things I feel li...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  When speaking to groups where I know there are going to be a lot of people of faith prese...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  Dignity isn't a treat for the fortunate. It's a basic human right, one that you g...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Sometimes I don't have words for the things that keep me up at night, the things tha...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt: For Schuyler, I don't think it's being different that bothers her. She'll prou...

This week at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   When we talk about a disability community, what I think we're really describing ...

This week at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  This past week was IEP Week, which makes it sound a lot more fun than it is. (It can ...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   I won't pretend that helping Schuyler program her device to sound like a George Carl...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   I have a confession to make, one that on the surface would seem a little awkward, given ...

Today at Support for Special Needs , with a lot of input from Schuyler: Excerpt:  Schuyler doesn't hate monsters. She loves them, be...

This week at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Schuyler's evening was complicated. That much I can say. It was complicated for ...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Schuyler is growing into an advocate for her own needs and wants, although it's not ...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Doctors and teachers and therapists, they can be a great many things, but they're ge...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  It's that time of year again, the beginning of the spring semester, when all the leas...

This week at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   I'd like to suggest a new attitude as we begin a new year. There's a lot of ...

This week at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   The film by and large gives a respectful and accurate look at how technology can mak...

This week, at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Nobody I know loves Christmas as much as Schuyler. This might seem surprising, give...

It's funny, I've always written with the idea that one day, Schuyler would be old enough to understand the things I've expressed...

This week at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   When news stories come out detailing the mistreatment of special needs kids, I tend ...