So yesterday I was all set to make adorable cookies for Charlie’s teachers and therapists. I had the house TO MYSELF, which never happens and the list was long for the things I needed to do. Cookies were first up to bat. I had bought plaid bags at Target and I candles from Bath & Body Works with scents like marshmallow fluff and caramel latte to induce hunger and relaxation over the holiday. This is …

I have mixed feelings. I usually do. But when you put a show on primetime television about a kid with cerebral palsy, it better have the right message. The premise of the show is simple: JJ DiMeo has CP and his family moves to a new town so that he can attend a school which will provide a speaker’s aide. The family is quirky and has the feel of “The Middle” and it’s a sitcom, …

About a month ago, my students were wrapping up Ray Bradbury’s classic dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451. To stir up trouble, I gave out this article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr from The Atlantic. It’s all about how our attention spans are shortening, at first by imperceptible, and now very perceptible degrees with the prominence of search engines and Facebook/Instagram/Twitter, etc. It’s a cool article that opens and closes with Hal, the computer …

Some of my favorite Special Needs sites: Love that Max …this one’s my favorite! Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid …this is hilarious The CP Diary …written by a woman with Cerebral Palsy MOM – Not Otherwise Specified Support for Special Needs Hopeful Parents Autism Wonderland United Cerebral Palsy Foundation   Some of my favorite Infertility sites: Stirrup Queens A Little Pregnant Parenthood for Me Path to Fertility …wisdom & facts from a fertility clinic …