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Restaurants: Too Much Noise

During the pandemic, we decided to forgo indoor restaurants in the interests of avoiding unnecessary exposure to COVID. This summer, we...

Walking a Mile in Her Walker

“You can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” — American saying, author unknown Part of aging is the physical...

What We Can Do for our Kids in a Pandemic

Published in ChicagoNow, July 28, 2020 Clearly, our kids are hurting during this pandemic. One of the most poignant reminders of the pain...

Including People with Disabilities in Religious Life

Pure joy carrying the Torah at practice Published in ChicagoNow, February 27, 2019 I have been writing about how many religious...

Special Education for Evanston High School Students: If You Build It Should They Come?

Published in ChicagoNow, December 7, 2017 Many Evanstonians were outraged by a highly insensitive comment by Alderman Ann Rainey about...

Bullying, Setting Kids on Fire, Creepy Clowns, Locker Room Talk, and Other Hated Filled Acts

These kids deserve a better world Published in ChicagoNow, October 10, 2016 This is not the world I had hoped my eight grandchildren...

Why My Granddaughters Sixth Grade Graduation Made Me Cry

Photo by my granddaughter Published in ChicagoNow, June 15, 2016 I’m sure the family members and guests attending The Cove School...

When a Feel-Good Story About a Child with Special Needs Feels Bad

Photo by Luis Cruz Published in ChicagoNow, April 12, 2016 A boy with developmental disabilities invited his classmates to his ninth...

Inclusion: It’s Not Enough to Decorate a Buddy Bench

Photo from buddybench.org Published in ChicagoNow, April 5, 2016 Watching kids play on school playgrounds can break my heart. There are...

How Not to Honor Martin Luther King

Published in ChicagoNow, January 18, 2016 At a grade school assembly to honor Martin Luther King, a child from a self-contained class for...

Still Advocating
Writings of a retired educator, advocate, & baby boomer