Media Coverage: Parents Protest MNPS 130 ParaPros Cuts
Parents oppose job cuts for MNPS classroom assistants Posted: Jun 01, 2012 6:40 PM CDT Updated: Jun 01, 2012 6:53 PM CDT Reported by Josh DeVine - email NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - Controversial cuts to special education have some Metro parents fired up. Metro...
From Heartache to Hope Revisited
My last post update on our book, From Heartache to Hope: Middle Tennessee Families Living with Autism, is here. I also wanted to show you how pretty our book looks--see above--at internationally recognized Parnassus Books--Nashville's new little gem of an...
Friday: Speaking @ Tennessee Disability MegaConference
Today and Friday, Nashville hosts its' 10th annual Tennessee Disability Megaconference. I'll be speaking twice on Friday: 10:30, Salon B: "The DisAbility Journey: Loss, Grief & the Path to Acceptance." I'm taking my personalized version of...
The Thing I Never Grieved, Part II
"Grief is like a roller coaster. You loop around more than once. And, it can be triggered by milestones." Looping: So reads a power point slide from the Autism Parent Orientation I co-lead for the Autism Society of Middle Tennessee every other month. And...
Kid Karma
Growing up, my best friend's mother, quite a character, used to wag her finger at my friend and tell her she'd get her karma when she became a mother. Well, actually she didn't use the word "karma." But that's what she meant. And I...
New Art, Environmental Theme, Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts
As if hanging in mid space, you're cruising imperceptibly at an altitude of 30,000 feet. You're tucked into your window seat. The sun basks your face as you peer down at Mother Earth. What you often see beneath, as you fly, especially over the midland of our...
Green Hills Art Show on Channel 5
This retrospective is the largest showing of GraceArt to date. It will remain hanging at the Green Hills Library through the end of Wed., May 30. A pricelist is available at the reference desk.
