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The Celiac Report, Week 6

By: Kathleen December 29, 2021December 28, 2021

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Our adventure with celiac-disease-inspired gluten-free cooking has progressed in the last month, so I thought I’d share my updated insights. 1. I have done so much web searching that Google now knows to add the words “gluten-free” to any food-related search string. 2. I’ve looked up so many ingredients. If you’d asked me two months…

IEP Day

By: Kathleen May 1, 2019

disability, Down Syndrome, UncategorizedDevelopmental disability, Disability, disability advocacy, IEP, Special Education, Special needs, Special Needs Children, special needs parenting2 Comments

This is what #IEP prep looks like: notes from parent advocate, part A and B. The first draft of the IEP, from which the comments came, split in two: the half we got through last week, and the part we have to do today—the goals, i.e the basic shape of her middle school experience. Finally,…

Jonah, Marines, and prenatal diagnosis

By: Kathleen January 23, 2012

abortion, death, Down Syndrome, faith, health caredisability advocacy, Down Syndrome, faith, health care, Prenatal diagnosis, Sequenom8 Comments

Jonah had a really bad attitude. God gave him a job he didn’t want to do– the people of Nineveh weren’t worth his trouble–so he took off in the opposite direction, only to find himself stuck in the belly of a fish. When he proved indigestible (how lucky for him he was spit out near…