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This is a common question for an adult to ask a youngster. And a common answer is for the child to signal their age with fingers extended on one hand. So, when a three-year-old looks an adult Little Person in the eye it’s no surprise the child asks, “how old are you?” The adult’s response, […]
Call me whatever you like, just don’t call me late for dinner. This line works well in comedy, but not so much when interacting with people with disabilities. And don’t believe it when people say, sticks and stone will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” Name calling does hurt! Here are some […]
S ─ Speak with a normal voice volume, tone and subject matter. Don’t change tone of voice to match the one used when speaking to a child. It’s not taboo to use idioms like “It’s a small world.” It was appropriate for an observer to say this when five years after graduation I met someone […]
Knowing that glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness for three million Americans doesn’t make much of an impact if you think you don’t have it. But think again. You could have it and don’t know it. Glaucoma—the “Silent Thief of Sight”—has no symptoms in early stages. As a result, only 30 to 50 percent […]
As a nod to Alaska’s State flower—the Forget-Me-Not—we remember Robert’s unforgettable 60th belated birthday celebration cruising with friends Rick and Bette from Vancouver, Canada to Whittier, Alaska. This was a definite upgrade for Robert and Bette’s tradition of celebrating their same age birthdays together. In Glacier Bay, we all bundled up to enjoy the view […]
Written by baby boomer Angela Muir Van Etten, Dwarfs Don’t Live in Doll Houses—published in 1988—has influenced three generations of readers: baby boomers, Gen X, and millennials. The 2021 e-book release makes discovery by Gen Z possible. Baby boomer Karen described it as “a great book with pride of place on her bookshelf.” After discovering […]
When Russia invaded Ukraine one year ago we knew it would be bad, but who could have predicted the largest refugee crisis since World War II? At the six month marker, the UN Refugee Agency reported well over a third of Ukrainians (14 million people) as being displaced—half within Ukraine and half across borders. Who knows […]