Apparently there’s a story in Newsweek’s current edition concerning families with children with special needs and the mounting crisis in public funding available to help these families. Long story short, growing numbers of kids needing help and shrinking pool of funds to help provide it. This leaves families in a pickle. I can relate. After…
The office…after 20 years
I retired effective December 31 last. I finally got all my stuff out of my office and let Samantha have it last week. She has showed remarkable patience. I haven’t had the same office for 20 years, of course. When we first moved to the Ranch September 9, 1991, the little single-wide mobile home we’d…
Best cruise ever
You know, we built Down Home Ranch with a vision, a dream–that people with intellectual disabilities could achieve, compete, and make their mark in the world. And Jason, who’s only lived at the Ranch for a few months now, did just that last Friday. How? By winning the Hairy Chest Contest aboard the Carnival Triumph.…
Is it possible?
Is it possible some parents would not want a treatment that would significantly boost the cognitive functioning of their child with Down syndrome? Yes, it is. And no, I’m not one of them, but the whole prospect makes me darned nervous. When Kelly was in her early teens, and we had already spent a decade…