Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

This morning at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:    When I read the story of the attack in Japan, it struck me that Satoshi Uematsu’...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:  When I was younger and more earnest, I wanted the fixes. I'm older and spiritually wi...

This morning at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:    There's a lot more for Schuyler to unpack about this, some of it making zero...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   How would Schuyler have reacted in Hannah's situation? I can't say. I imagine sh...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:    It's easy to think of Miracle League as a place of gentle interactions, but that...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:   When I look at the work I do, at the life I live as a father, I see a lot that I don...

Today at Support for Special Needs : Excerpt:    Schuyler's view of the world is a little fantastical and a little simple. It has ro...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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