Sarah loved telling jokes and knock-knock jokes were a particular favorite. She had a page of them on her speech device. Knock-knock, who’s there? Boo. Boo who? You don’t have to cry, it’s just a knock-knock joke. I’m told a lot of kids with neurological, developmental or speech issues like knock-knock jokes. They like the… Continue reading Physical Comedy
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Eye Can Fly
Last night I dreamed that I was invited to the final IEP meeting for Angela, the daughter of the We Speak PODD family, that I spoke of who passed away yesterday. It was held in an airplane flying through the clouds. My being there made about as much sense as any IEP meeting. If you… Continue reading Eye Can Fly
We Speak PODD
I’m determined to test negative today for COVID so I can go out grocery shopping and get stuff together for Passover. Which really disgusts me because I actually can’t stand those “mind over matter” memes and tropes about illness and disability. For example, there has been a lot of garbage lately about Jeremy Renner’s snowplow… Continue reading We Speak PODD
Mangiare
We are definitely fully committed to the HBO show Gomorrah now. One of the things I find fascinating is that the head of the crime family, Don Pietro, is currently in prison and he’s in a communal cell that has maybe 10 men, with bunks for them, and a very large dining table. There’s a… Continue reading Mangiare
The First Year Without Sarah 