
Intelligence: The Ways in Which People Measure and View My Daughter's Cognitive Abilities
When we found out my youngest daughter, JJ, has Rett Syndrome, the genetic counselor who helped deliver the news told me that the...
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Bodies: How My Views about Bodies and Abilities Have Changed Because of My Daughter
My gym has a bank of televisions placed right above the only line of available treadmills. I’m not a fan of daytime television or local...
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Love: How My Love For My Daughter Changes According to What She Is Experiencing
Most of us are familiar with the game little children play when they pluck petals off of flowers. You know the one. Every petal...
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Music: How Music Helps My Daughter Learn About Herself and the World
I am not a musical person. I don’t have a good singing voice, and my pitch and range are both embarrassingly bad—so bad, in fact, that I...
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Numbers: Parenting Children with Disabilities, By the Numbers
I am a words person. Given a choice, I’ll always show a preference for language and vocabulary over math. But numbers are inescapable,...
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People: The World of Kindness that Opens Up When You Become a Special Needs Parent
When we first learned our daughter had special needs, my husband mentioned it to his physician at his yearly physical. It turned out that...
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