by Mary E. Ulrich | Dec 1, 2024
St. Nick and the Batman Socks photo credit: frannie60 In Christmas 1981, Cincinnati Public Schools was involved in two class-action lawsuits. Our family was caught up in both of them. The first concerned the right of Aaron, our then seven year old son, who had an IQ...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Nov 8, 2024
“Toyland, Toyland, magical girl and boy land. Once you cross its borders, you can never return again.” (Babes in Toyland) There’s No Santa Aaron and Tommy got off the school bus and our world changed. Tommy walked in the front door, threw his...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Nov 3, 2024
This article is dedicated to Dr. Lou Brown, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison who died in 2021. He taught us about “ecological inventories,” “Life space inventories,” “developmental twins,” “Pre- means...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Oct 1, 2024
Smokey the Bear and Aaron In 2018 Smokey the Bear celebrated his 65th birthday. Last weekend, as our family was trying to keep our house available to prospective buyers, we took a road trip to Clifty Falls State Park in Indiana. (click here for a related post) Between...
by Mary E. Ulrich | Aug 9, 2024
BACK to SCHOOL Article 2 To celebrate the new school year here are some of my favorite posts. Article 1: Why Do We Go to School? Article 2: A New Year of Learning This is one of my favorite stories–an updated article from when Aaron was 8 years old and Tommy 6....
by Mary E. Ulrich | Aug 1, 2024
Aimee Mullins at the TED conference Is that a WOW or What? TED is for the “thought leaders” of our generation. I’m so glad Aimee Mullins stood up in front of the world and talked about the words we use, the way we tell stories, our prejudices...
