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Jul.27.2010
Seventeen years before the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted, I heard the words "learning disabilities" for the first time.
My daughter Allegra was diagnosed with severe LD, which affected every aspect of learning and created enormous challenges with friendship and social...
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Jul.26.2010
When I was a kid, there was a public service announcement sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which a boy accidentally breaks a window with a baseball. The old coot neighbor starts to complain, and then the boy admits he broke the window. The kid then sings “I told the...
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Jul.16.2010
What Normal Used To be
The mother who raised me was an active, vibrant woman. She didn't believe in taxis. During the 11-day NYC subway strike of 1980, she walked to work every day: from Park Slope, Brooklyn to Park Ave and 50th street...and back home every evening. She loved to dance. She was a...
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May.28.2009
I am still at war with myself regarding my task to ask for funds for the Family and Friends campaign for the American Diabetes Association, but I found out that any funds will be matched by VSP Vision Care dollar for dollar. I certainly understand why this company would match donated funds. One...
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May.28.2009
Right now, I am at war with myself. I have been asked (for about the fifth or sixth time) to raise money for the American Diabetes Association Family and Friends campaign. Personally, I am not only a pharmacist, but I'm also a diabetes educator. Add to that, I am a professional member of the ADA...
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