Of Battered Aspect

I got the email and started crying. I'm still crying. I can't seem to stop. After 133 years of captivity, the institutions of Ontari...

Shut up, your help is not wanted. Shut up, your help is not wanted. Shut up, your help is not helpful. Shut up, your help is not helpful. I...

I've even considered taking down the post on what happened at the airport just to stop the flow of comments and emails. It is taking a m...

Wow. Yesterday I was giving a lecture here in Toronto, I got home and promptly fell asleep on the couch. I glanced at my blog and saw a lot ...

It got to be a bit of a ritual. I pull out of the elevator in the morning to wait either for WheelTrans or for Joe to pick me up. The Superi...

Suddenly, I lost existance. I was waiting patiently in the airport, quietly watching people go by. My luggage was stacked up next to me and ...

I'm writing this blog on the morning of my last day in Fresno. When we flew down and stayed at a hotel in San Francisco after the flight...

She's a beautiful 10 years old. Thick curly black hair frames an impish face transitioning between little girl and young woman. I know h...

"Dave! Dave Hingsburger!!!" We had popped into the Whole Foods Market here in Fresno to pick up some things for Sunday dinner. Our...

ARG! I worked yesterday doing a morning presentation for parents of kids with disabilities. It was a wild few hours because I tried to fit a...

They were having an earnest discussion. They were probably in first or second year university, a time when everything seems important and wh...

You know what is a real turn on. Interest. I just finished the first of 5 days lectures here in Fresno to an audience of people wanting to b...

STOP IT!! SHUT UP!! TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY!! Riding through the beautiful green countryside from San Fran to Fresno we flipped through var...

What a day for a daydream. What a day for a daydreaming boy ... Again, nothing spectacular to write about. We were up early to catch Wheeltr...

Well, that's all over. Because of a huge protest here in the center of the city, we left the car behind when we went to the lawyers. I w...

It was a small moment, but a lovely one. We made our way over to where the St. Patrick Day parade made the turn from Bloor to head south on ...

It was time for a big adventure. We've had Henry, the power chair, for quite a while now and I've begun to get the hang of how he ha...

When the boss says, "I have a favour to ask you," it's best to clear your schedule. A couple days ago Manuela called and told ...

The loneliness and isolation of people with intellectual disabilities outrages me. I believe that much of this is caused by the application ...

I heard it distinctly, and I think he did too, the moment when my heart cracked open. On days when I do consultations with agencies, I am en...