Posted in divorce, life, tagged abuse, batterer, Blossom, court, custody, domestic violence, DV, education, lawyer, safety, women's shelter on April 23, 2008 | 10 Comments »
“Do you miss it?”
I was sitting in court next to the legal advocate from our local women’s shelter this afternoon, as we supported a woman who’d been brutalized by her husband. The photos from the hospital showed ugly bruises inflicted by the man’s cane. Yes. Cane. The man had the temerity to beat her [...]
Posted in autism, life, parenthood, walkabout, tagged ads, autistic, campaign, candidate, Clinton, education, election, feminism, justice, Lao Tzu, Obama, Pennsylvania, perseveration, rich, SpongeBob, therapy, vote, wealth on April 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My friends, this is NOT the week to be a registered voter in the state of Pennsylvania.
The phone is ringing at least once a day with someone demanding to know if we understand their candidate’s position on the important issues of the day: Clinton’s a recorded message, Obama’s a live person (point: Obama).
Frankly, I have [...]
Posted in autism, life, parenthood, tagged AA, alcoholic, autistic, children, education, recovery, serenity prayer on March 4, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Sometimes, in talking to people, their eyes glaze over, and I can almost hear them thinking, “Is she on to that autism thing again?”
I confess, I talk about it a lot. I talk about it to clients, many of whom face autism in their own children. I talk about it to colleagues while we’re waiting [...]
Posted in life, parenthood, tagged Advanced Placement, at-risk, Boston Legal, education, gifted, Harvard, No Child Left Behind, student on February 20, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Apparently, Boston Legal is determined to annoy me this season.
In a story line about the suicide of a high school student overwhelmed by demands for performance, the lawyer in her closing ranted about how schools are at fault and should limit the activities of students. Outcome-based education, she said, was only interested in an [...]
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