I can't help but wonder if the word retard would have appeared seventeen times in the film Tropic Thunder if Ben Stiller's daughter was born like mine, with an Intellectual Disability. Would President Obama have compared his bowling score to that of a Special Olympic athlete, if one of his daughters participated in Special Olympics? Would Kristen ( Read more... )

I can't remember what I was like before my daughter was born. She is about to turn twelve and lives with multiple special needs including a mild cognitive disability, a motor planning disorder called apraxia and an arachnoid cyst flattening her cerebellum.  In our house we've always described her as Shirley Temple with issues.  She is pure and ( Read more... )