Idolatry of Intellect
I didn't realize I’d gone into the hospital with a set of expectations, but I had. I very much had a set of expectations about who our child would be…
I didn't realize I’d gone into the hospital with a set of expectations, but I had. I very much had a set of expectations about who our child would be…
Have you watched the Netflix series All The Light We Cannot See? It is an awesome, subversive message about disability and, ultimately, about humanity. The main character is blind, and…
One of the things they tell you when you're a parent of a child with disabilities is that the bureaucracy is going to be awful. I thought it would be.…
On Christmas we celebrate because love has shown up in our world. Not in some vague, abstract way. But love, in the flesh, in the person of Jesus. And when…
There was a day when I realized that no doctor would ever emerge to say about Penny having Down syndrome, “It was touch and go for a while there, but…
Penny and I had a great visit to the Mass General Down Syndrome Clinic on Friday. Even though I so appreciated all the specialists and their respect and care for…
Before I headed into Rockefeller Center with my friend Niro to talk with NBC News about disability and friendship, we had to prepare. The brainstorming was the easy part. I…
Watch Segment 1 Watch Segment 2 I loved being able to talk yesterday about friendship and disability with my friend Niro Feliciano on NBC News Now. One thing I talked…
Once a year, Penny and I travel to see a specialist and his team at the Down syndrome clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital. Every year, I wonder whether it will…
Adults with intellectual disabilities can have robust spiritual lives. Are we learning from them? Every Sunday afternoon, my daughter and I join a Zoom call with her friend and her…