The PTO put on our school's first Trunk or Treat on this fine October evening.  For those unfamiliar, this is an event where trunks ar...

“Children with disabilities are amongst the world’s most marginalized and excluded children.” ---World Health Organization, World Bank, 20...

October is my favorite month of the year for many reasons; Halloween, pumpkin flavored everything, football, apples and cider, a chill in th...

Yea, though I battle through the valley of the shadow of IEP season, I shall fear not using the Procedural Safeguards: for the law art with ...

Team Sophie rocked our 7th year of participating in the Buddy Walk for Down syndrome awareness.  To be honest, I wasn’t sure we would be doi...

continued from part 2 I went back to the office and as I worked my mind kept churning the same questions over and over.  How could I have ...

continued from part 1 It took a couple of months to finish and the final report itself is 21 pages long.  The school psychologist had Alex...

Please enjoy this wonderful video and share, share, share! "Be The One" {Music Video} from Life Stage Films on Vimeo .

This is Sophie’s first professional photo with her daddy holding her.  It was inspired by the cover photo of a book that was very importa...

The wound that never fully heals, sighs as I dared to lay down its protective armor hoping for a moment’s breath without t...

This morning I introduced Sophie to her kindergarten Sunday school class.  I explained that she has Down syndrome, that it isn’t anything to...

Where to begin?  I am blessed to have just returned from the 3 day annual state conference put on by the PA Department of Ed - Bureau of Spe...

Down syndrome, the macabre, a new tv series, a stellar cast, you have my attention. When I learned of a new tv series on FX that would not o...

The Spread the Word to End the Word campaign has a new PSA. It will be airing tonight 5/24/11 during Glee at 9:50. Read more about it and th...

Years ago when Mark was studying at Georgetown under the brilliant Dr. Murray Feshbach, I first learned of the conditions of the Russian orp...

Many mistakenly believe that people with developmental disabilities have limited emotions or opinions, or they buy into the idea that people...

I know that this blog seems like a Tim Shriver fan club lately, (maybe it is) but I'll be darned if I could pass up posting this intervi...

embedded video below I only wish Stephen hadn't closed with the gay joke. Way to go Tim!

A year ago I was honored to be introduced to my friend Cindy Combs. She is the self advocate who volunteered to go on live television with m...

"We have a silent epidemic in this country. Children with special needs remain the primary targets of bullies in schools across this c...