I’m at a crossroads in my life. I love working with children, they are so full of possibility and wonder. So it makes sense that I would naturally want to …
Paths Taken
Life goes on. Jobs are scattered across my desk, piled on top of the monitor, stuffed into bookcases. Someday, like the cliché, I’ve got to get organized. One task I …
The Conclusion of the Controversy
In continuing my previous column, I will wrap up the account of that fateful classroom discussion. Once the labeling issue was laid to rest, I decided that perhaps I should …
The Loss of A Son
This is a damned hard column to write. My son, Jasper, was struck and killed by a Portland, Oregon bus, on March First. He was thirty. He had brittle bones–a …
Disabled People Are Evil?
By now everyone has seen the film, “The Passion of the Christ”. The movie had me bawling for at least 30 minutes. I felt Christ’s pain. I felt terrible for …
My Name Is Controversy
Something occurred in one of my classes during my senior year that I just cannot seem to get out of my head. It plagues me for the lack of sensitivity …
More Than Just a Beauty Drug
The assurance of a more youthful appearance is very tempting to most people who feel the need to better themselves by undergoing cosmetic procedures. Doctors now offer many options for …
Curiosity: Source of Strength
I have a friend, a woman in her late 40s, who is going to a university and working on her master’s degree. She began college at forty, after years of …
Love Thy Self
This is going to sound odd, but I feel like I’m finally coming into my ” disabled” ach department phone self. You always hear people who say that they have …