Last year during National Down Syndrome Awareness Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month, I shared “My Real Thoughts About Adult Life” in what became one of my most popular blogs ever. Rachel had just gone to work at a […]
A few weeks back I wrote a blog about my real feelings and thoughts about adult life. Almost 1,000 hits in two days. That’s a big number for me. I also had a plethora of Facebook comments, and many of […]
This blog has been hard for me to write. Almost didn’t write it. Emotional. But here we go. Rachel just got a job at a local grocery store chain. She is a courtesy clerk which is just a fancy name […]
The holiday season inspires a spirit of generosity and giving, and if you still itemize deductions on your taxes, a rush to get some year-end deductions by donating to worthy charities. I read and hear that many people are flabbergasted […]
I am blessed. I could write those three words and that is a blog in itself. One of my blessings, our blessings, is the role of the many self-advocates who have come before Rachel. I don’t remember when I first […]