Uncommon Sense

Since I've only mustered the energy (physically, emotionally, cognitively) to put together 23 posts this year, doing a Top 10 list felt ...

Recently, life hasn't been easy. It’s made me so thankful. (That is not as disjointed as it may seem.) I wish that I was ge...

I am overwhelmed. This fall has been . . . hard. I am on the treadmill of life, running  to stand still . . . and I’m not really ev...

If you're just here because you like to see Maya, stick with me through the first few (more informative than usual) paragraphs. There...

So, I didn't mean to take a month off.  The devil (ok, the DOE, but they share many attributes, no?) made me do it.  Maya started kinder...

I am an overplanner. It's a characteristic which has generally served me well . . . I overpack (but am rarely unprepared), I'm an ex...

To know that your child can not say the things that she wants to say is nearly indescribably painful. To watch your child develop more or le...

from the smart people at www.praacticalAAC.org Perception Maya loses her balance and falls regularly. She walks the way a bowling...

For 3 reasons: 1. It's mindless fun for a Friday night (and a Friday night during a heat wave, at that). 2. Maya's laugh is sure ...

In discussing AAC ( augmentative and alternative communication , in which a child uses something other than speech to aid their communicati...