“I think you want me to be gay!” laughed my son Hugo a few years back, stressing the word “want.” “No, I want you to be happy,” I said. “When growing up, I had friends who couldn’t come out to their parents and I never want any of you to feel that way.” My friend […]
Month: June 2019
The upward spiral of integration of people with intellectual disabilities
Babies with Down syndrome are the cutest, with their round little faces and eyes, tiny ears and noses, cuddly bodies. Even as they become toddlers, it’s not uncommon for strangers to comment on just how adorable kiddos with DS are. But most parents of a child with DS harbor this fear: What happens when our […]
Social contracts of last century brought prosperity and need reimplemented
Siblings attending rival schools has become a family tradition. I went to Ohio State University because I lived in Columbus. The year I graduated, my younger sister (from my father’s second marriage), graduated from the University of Michigan. My eldest son, Claude, graduated from Michigan in 2016. This fall, his younger brother Jules will matriculate […]
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