Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  In addition to her natural empathy, Schuyler holds on to some fantastical ideas about her...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   I confess, I've worried so much about Schuyler finding her tribe, but in some ways, ...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   I know there's a boy or a girl out there (probably a boy, judging from her interests so...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   As I've written before, I'm a big proponent of overbelieving. I've never bee...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  This weekend was a big risk. One week after her sixteenth birthday party and the bumps in...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   I learn from Schuyler and her gigantic good heart. She teaches me every day, and mostly ...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Aside from the obvious, Schuyler has always had something of a lucky brain. It's pre...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   We were in line at the grocery store (the place where all these kinds of stories seem to...

This week at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt: In 2016, we're not just going to be choosing a president. We're going to be estab...

As an author or a public advocate and speaker, it happens every so often. You'll be in a public place, and someone will approach you, as...

Today is Schuyler's sixteenth birthday. I'm trying to wrap my brain around that, but it's daunting. My little girl is sixteen. Y...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   It's only a few days before Christmas, and even though I'm a dirty heathen, I fi...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   When we can't pass and disappear into the world of the typical, the internet communi...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   The world isn't an easy place for kids like Schuyler, but at times like the holidays...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   You don't have to be Donald Trump to take a spin on that low road, either. You can b...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Things are different now. I wouldn't describe her current academic setting as inclus...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Schuyler doesn't understand what's going on in any comprehensive way. I don'...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   It can be a little frustrating, having to explain polymicrogyria. Other disorders with a...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   It's no secret that letting go of Schuyler's chaotic, sometimes troubled but alw...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   My little girl has had a lot to overcome in her life, and a lot of antagonists to face. ...