Do you often wonder if you’re using dashes properly? Dashes have distinct uses that often seem blurred in today’s society. Here’s what’s best for writers and those involved in business writing.
Q. When do I use a dash in text?
A. A dash usually replaces a comma, semicolon, colon, or parentheses. When used this way, it creates [...]
Written by Stacy Gibbons. Korigan will be 4 in June 2010. She was born three weeks late and was only 4 lbs 15.5 oz. I knew from the begining that she had some problems but no one else seemed to see it.
Every time I said she had something they would say [...]
Two-and-a-half-year-old brothers Jackson (above) and Denver (right) Burkhart need a very special service dog, for entirely different but equally compelling reasons.
Denver is a friendly little guy who spends all of his time while up alone in his own world looking for sensory input. He is a sensory seeker and it takes a ton [...]
Perhaps you’ve heard of most of the disabilities listed below, and perhaps one or more of them have touched your life.
A couple of years ago I became webmaster for 4 Paws for Ability, a nonprofit that trains service dogs for people with disabilities. Mostly children.
One of my jobs is to take the parents’ fundraising [...]
On March 4, 2005, we were overjoyed to welcome our second beautiful son, Joshua, into our family. Around the time of Joshua’s first birthday, however, we started to notice elements of his development which caused us some concern. He was not speaking, and was not responding to us when we spoke to him. [...]
What choices do parents have when they discover their child is autistic? That the child can’t communicate well with anyone, that socially the child is in another world, and that this beautiful child has no understanding of words like “safety,” “home,” “name,” etc? And that for parents, the words “sleep” and “rest” may become strangers, [...]
No offense to cat lovers out there, but this Sagamore Hills, OH family has a need only a furry canine can fulfill, and they need your help. Beth and Rich Polk of Sagamore Hills are raising funds on behalf of 4 Paws For Ability, a non-profit organization out of Xenia, OH, specializing in training [...]
January 24, 2010 Excerpted from CargoNews Issue 110 with permission of Air New Zealand, Los Angeles
LAX Cargo had the rare privilege to assist a most worthy cause, the transportation of 4 trained dogs for 4 Paws for Ability to Auckland on NZ01/24 Jan, 2010. Executive Director Karen Shirk started 4 Paws for Ability in the 1990’s [...]
Have you ever applied for a Web site award, and come across the term White Space?
Some people think it’s a NASA program, an degenerative eye condition, or the result of taking a hallucinogen. According to design experts like Grant Crowell, white space is the open space between design elements, and an important layout technique. Text [...]
