Advocacy is a Lifestyle
My kids have a friend who has trouble with anger management. When things are fine with this kid, they're fine. But when he gets angry, he loses control--and this is a serious problem. Not too long ago my daughter told me that this young man was no longer going to have this problem. He had decided. From now

Curing Down Syndrome?
This is a picture of my daughter after her new haircut--she had enough cut off to make a Locks of Love donation. By now I am sure you have heard the news about the Mouse Study on Down Syndrome.

Don't Dis Ability
Back a few years ago, B.B. (Before Blogging!), I was chatting with an acquaintance who was passionate about AIDS/HIV issues. She told me about this thing called blogging and that she was thinking about starting one. After our conversation I went home and set mysel

Post # 200
OK, I just have to get this post over with. I have put so much pressure on myself that I can't post at all because my 200th post should be SPECIAL, don't-ya know?Forget it! I can't be that special. So here is a picture taken after my son's play this weekend.This costume kills me. All w

My Hopes for Glee
I have such a mixed bag of feelings about the TV show Glee... My two older kids have always been vocal music-theater-show choir folks, or La-La's as they are called 'round here (the instrumental musicians are called Band-o's, fyi.) They love the show. They love the music and the mash-ups (where they blend 2 unrelated songs & styles into one performance), they love the dance and they LOVE the drama. I have gotten into watching it with them. The music and dancing are great and the stories have led to lots of conversation.This week Glee put the whole cast in wheelchairs and introduced two characters with Down syndrome... While the ideas of team-building and