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May 16, 2016

Overbelief in Action

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:     This was no pity prize. This wasn't macaroni art on the fridge, or the much malig...
May 10, 2016

With Thoughts of Other, Younger Days

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Today, at Support for Special Needs :  Excerpt:   I'm not sure what to think of who I am now. I'd like to look back at that you...
May 3, 2016

Safe Space

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Hate speech and its environment protect a societal belief that only those who may contri...
April 29, 2016

The Very, Very Worst

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This is Schuyler. Schuyler is sixteen years old. She plays percussion in her high school band. Schuyler participates in Miracle League s...
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April 25, 2016

Community Standards

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This morning at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Some of the different hats I wear in my life don't always compliment each oth...
April 18, 2016

Mission Control

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   There's something special needs parents might not tell you, although if you love us,...
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April 12, 2016

A world diminished by what it cannot see

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   The value of human life isn't defined by the perfection of the human form or how adv...
April 4, 2016

The Inevitable Sorrow of Passing

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  On a good day, especially when she doesn't have to speak too much, Schuyler passes pr...
March 28, 2016

Eye of the Storm

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This week at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  This week has provided a short respite, a brief interlude in the eye of the hurricane...
March 21, 2016

A Hard, Correct Answer

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   When we talk about accessibility and inclusion, those aren't just buzzwords. And the...
March 14, 2016

Building an Adult

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   Schuyler is grappling with emotions that are new for her, and with the idea of relations...
March 8, 2016

Uncivil Discource

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   There are a lot of reasons I'm already disgusted and exhausted by this election seas...
March 4, 2016

"...the song woke his heart into the darkness and sadness of joy..."

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There's a quote that seems to originate from a number of sources, which isn't surprising since it's not terribly original. But...
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February 29, 2016

An Undiscovered Country

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  In addition to her natural empathy, Schuyler holds on to some fantastical ideas about her...
February 22, 2016

Her Own Beautiful Game

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   I confess, I've worried so much about Schuyler finding her tribe, but in some ways, ...
February 15, 2016

Valentine

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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...
February 8, 2016

Anything You Want to Be

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   As I've written before, I'm a big proponent of overbelieving. I've never bee...
February 2, 2016

Viva Schuyler

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  This weekend was a big risk. One week after her sixteenth birthday party and the bumps in...
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January 25, 2016

The Price of Happiness

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Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   I learn from Schuyler and her gigantic good heart. She teaches me every day, and mostly ...
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January 18, 2016

The Three Anxieties and the Lucky Brain

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