Have you ever wondered about the differences between “a while” and “awhile”? I like Professor Paul Brians’ comments: When “awhile” is spelled as a single word, it is an adverb meaning “for a time” (”stay awhile”); but when “while” is the object of a prepositional phrase, like “Lend me your monkey wrench for a while” [...]
This just in from my daughter-in-law and son who live near Seattle on five wooded acres…
We bought a bell type bird feeder that hasn’t attracted any of the birds yet — although there are many around the yard. I don’t think they know it’s there. But, today, one of our little chipmunks found [...]
By Amy, age 9
He threw with all his might, but the third stone came skipping back. Zack called his grampa. All of a sudden a goblin popped out of the lake and chased Annie, Zack’s sister. The goblin was green, hairy, fat, and only had one eye! The green hairy dude ate Annie. The goblin [...]
Have you ever wondered if a quotation mark can have a punctuation mark outside it? Absolutely.
Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, University of Chicago Press, (6.8), says that periods and commas precede closing quotations marks (whether double or single).
However, it says that unlike periods and commas, colons, semicolons, question marks and exclamation points follow [...]
Written by Benjamin’s father. Benjamin Shawa is a special five-year-old who has high functioning autism, or sometimes known as Asperger’s. Benjamin has had a rough go in his short life.
Benjamin was born with 3 major heart defects. When he was a week old he had open-heart surgery to correct two of his heart defects. [...]
Written by Beverly Wallrauch. Chris Wallrauch is an incredible eight-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism. Although he is very bright and loves to be silly, very few know it because he has such a hard time interacting with people. He has managed to capture the hearts of the few people who know [...]
Written by Nancy Tally. Becca Tally’s life can be summed up in the word traumatic. If Becca’s life had been different I believe she would currently be standing right beside Elizabeth, her twin sister, in the ranks of the US Air Force.
But Becca’s energy since infancy has been consumed in different kinds of life-threatening [...]
Just returned from a valuable retreat at the Grace Inn in Phoenix. The Arizona Center for Disability Law had its annual Board/Staff Retreat. Speakers:
Jennifer L. Nye and JoAnn Sheperd, attorneys, providing Healthcare and Special Education updates
Greta Mang, Elder Rights Specialist, DES/Division of Aging and Adult Services, discussing Legal Services for Seniors
Lynne, Pomasa, [...]
This is Kira, who has Autism and a Seizure Disorder and her Multipurpose Assistance Dog, Shenandoah, a Goldendoodle bred at 4 Paws. Her Dad, Bart, sits nearby. Kira is in the hospital following a cluster of Tonic Clonic Seizures.
Note: I highly endorse 4 Paws for Ability as a source for extremely well-trained service dogs. [...]
