My name is Haley Hilt, I am a 13 year old resident of this district ‘and a student in the special education program at Maple Hill School. I am developmentally delayed, as the pros say, and neither walk nor talk. I also have intractable epilepsy . That said, I am definitely not what I appear […]

Let’s get right to the heart of the matter on this communication thing. Let’s drill down to the basics and focus on what it is like to sit in my wheelchair. I can’t talk; I can’t sign; I can’t write you a note; I can’t walk up to you and introduce myself;  and my talking […]

Early in twentieth century the Balkan Peninsula was subdivided into a number of countries; and so was born the term Balkanized. The term has come to be used when things are piecemealed into small and often competing units. I think some day when the genome gets read for the price of good meal, your doctor […]

I was at the gym the other day, doing a stint on the elliptical and sharing stories with my neighbor. We are both retired and full time care givers. He has cared for his elderly mother for the last ten years. I am the nanny of two rare and medically complex granddaughters. As we chatted […]