According to a survey conducted by the website “Best Colleges,” the top five reasons that students gave for attending postsecondary...

In this second in my series of blogs on I nclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) for students with intellectual disabilities, I am going...

I just came back from our summer family road trip to Colorado during which, due to relaxed vacation rules, our sons ate way more food...

Transition programs and post-secondary programs for young people with disabilities are building in an increasing amount of real-world,...

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting another prospective client family. An initial meeting is the time for the clients to tell me...

In my favorite science fiction TV series, Star Trek, the characters sometimes play a three-dimensional version of chess. In the Harry...

In the Aesop fable “The Crow and the Pitcher”, a crow drops stones one by one into the neck of a tall, narrow pitcher. Before it dropped...

Here in greater Chicago, and (I expect in many other densely urban settings) we frequently think of distance in terms of time. When I am...

“Former” can signify respect—“Former president”, or “Former Olympic athlete”. Or nostalgia—“Former member of the rock band Journey” or...

The plot of the Oscar Wilde comedic play “The Importance of being Earnest” revolves around the romantic advantages that accrue to a...

When my sons are not playing video games, they like things with wheels. Last summer, we got them larger mountain-type bicycles. They...

The word “guardian” in the popular lexicon has both positive and negative connotations. The “Guardians of the Galaxy,” in the Marvel...

Horrifying pictures of dead children on hospital stretchers, covered with blood-soaked sheets. Disturbing photos of burnt-out...

As a financial and benefits planner for people with disabilities and their families, I am excited when clients first come to work with...

My late grandmother once said: “They didn’t have cholesterol when I was a girl!” in response to some family member trying to discourage...

Before I worked as a financial planner, I was the executive director of L’Arche Chicago, the small local chapter of an international...

Every time I use a certain gas station near my children’s school, I am prompted to scan my rewards card. Since I don’t have one, I am...

My own children as well as some of the students that I teach are getting excited for Halloween. Besides free candy, the attraction of...

September 12-18, 2021 is Direct Support Professionals’ (DSPs’) week. If you are a person with a disability, who needs support or are the...

Although I probably found him a bit frightening as a toddler, one of my favorite Sesame Street characters, in reminiscence, is Count von...