EDS Awareness Month 2011: Accommodations
Welcome to this year’s installment of EDS Awareness on the blog, this time on the topic of accommodations for an “invisible” disability.
Continue ReadingWelcome to this year’s installment of EDS Awareness on the blog, this time on the topic of accommodations for an “invisible” disability.
Continue ReadingThis is a particularly “transitional” spring, with many of my students preparing to graduate from college, while one of my daughters graduated in December and another is months from wrapping up high school. Amidst this climate, I was asked by a student (well, technically, by his mom on his behalf) for advice relating to this…
Continue ReadingThoughts (and feelings) on today’s adoption . . .
Continue ReadingSlow and steady. The tortoise has got it goin’ on. And even if the hare has a good day, it’s probably due to having taken “turtle steps” along the way to develop that ability.
Continue ReadingEvery year around this time, I have students on the verge of big decisions. Some of them are undergrads considering grad school and, perhaps even more potently, some of them are teenagers considering music school, which entails the dual debate of whether to pursue a career in music AND how best to do so. The…
Continue ReadingAs I prepare for the first performance of Know Thyself since last November (August 14, New Haven Jazz Festival), I find myself reflecting on what it entails to present music that is deeply personal, something that this piece does on a level far beyond anything I have ever written. I’m proud of the music in…
Continue ReadingMay is EDS Awareness Month and here I discuss how one’s ability to “belong” is impacted by having a “rare disease.”
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