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Reflections on the Special Olympic Summer Games
I recently attended the state-wide Special Olympic Summer Games for the first time. Our family’s Special Olympics journey started a little over a year ago when our young adult autistic son decided he wanted...
Access is a Human Need
Captioning Recently I invited two speakers to my class on Disability & Society to talk about employment and accommodation. They brought both professional expertise and lived experience with deafness. They...
Crystal Clarity: “What was that like for you?”
My son and I went to a free Sound Healing session at the local library. Meditative practices are generally not our thing, but we both need all the help we can get to settle our minds these days. Plus, it’s a...
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): One Parent’s Journey
The Blueberry I vividly recall the moment I realized my son had an eating disorder, except I wouldn’t have called it an eating disorder then, let alone known what to name it. He was 3 years old; it was the...
Ableism is the Real Epidemic
Two weeks ago the President of United States announced to the world that his administration was confronting the “horrible horrible crisis” of autism. He attributed its cause to maternal acetaminophen use...
What is ‘Disability’?
A “Flipped” Classroom Words can be wiggly, like a fish in the hand. Take the word disability for example. Defining disability was the topic of today’s lecture, at least it was supposed to be. Plans were...
All Kinds of Brains
I’ve been thinking about starting a blog for a while now but wasn’t sure where to begin. Sharing the recent release of my picture book on autism and neurodiversity seemed like as good a place as any. It...