Yesterday I attended a board meeting for the Arizona Center for Disability Law, which recently moved into the brand new Disabililty Empowerment Center. (Thanks to the Arizona Bridge for Independent Living for data on the center and the pictures on its site.)
This amazing 62,000 square-foot facility is located at 5025 E Washington Street in Phoenix, [...]
FASDs are “hidden” disabilities. The prevalence of FASD is 1 out of 100 live births in the U.S. Yet this lifelong disability is greatly misdiagnosed and only rarely recognized for what it is.
Last year he walked into an ant hill and was bitten dozens of times by ants. He did not even cry: he just slowly walked towards his mom. His sister saw the ants and started screaming for help.
My brother, David Crook, dropped off my sister-in-law for a Think Tank meeting at my house, and proceeded to visit Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium. I was torn, but I stayed home. Here is one of his photos of a King Vulture, redigitized by his envious sister:
Here’s a picture of me in my new PawFun.com T-shirt…with a picture of one of my two favorite cats: Shadow.
PawFun.com is BL Ochman’s fabulous new site. You gotta go there. The T-Shirt is the finest I’ve ever had. And you can have so much fun making cards or shirts with your pet’s photo(s).
Yesterday I spotted my two cats on the back of the loveseat, snuggled down and cleaning eaching other. I caught this pose, then redigitized it, of Shadow cleaning L’il Bear.
Skyler Kratz is a healthy and active six-year-old boy. Skyler lives in Wisconsin with his mom, fatherly role model, two-year-old sister and newborn brother. He was diagnosed with autism on Dec. 27, 2007. We have always known he was autistic: it just took three years for doctors to agree.
Skyler has trouble crossing the street [...]
Here’s a child with a heap of physical challenges. His family is convinced that an autism service dog will be the perfect companion.
Eleven-year-old Ruben Spice has faced more challenges in his young life than most face in a lifetime. He was born with congenital heart defects that required his hospitalization multiple times since he was [...]
Anthony Granato is a gregarious outgoing sixteen-year-old high school student. He loves playing Wii and simply being around people. He lives in Auburn, New York with his mom and two brothers. Dad lives nearby and sees him frequently.
Anthony is a young man who suffers from Dravet Syndrome, (see www.idea-league.org), which is characterized by an intractable [...]
