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Kimberly Jensen

The Yellow Shirt
The bleachers were full of eager parents ready to watch their children perform in the annual "Foreign Language Festival" at read more
Tina Marie McGrevy

Happy Birthday to Me
My birthdays have historically been a bust. As a child, the heaviest snow of the season always read more
Hillary Key

A Friend of His Own
Once again we walked to our car parked under a night sky. Once again we left the hospital without read more
Susan Farr-Fahncke

Letting Go
With every year of watching my son grow up, I am appalled at the desperation with which I... read more
Pam Wilson

The Great Promise of Service Dogs
My son and I were walking through a store one day when we met a woman with a service dog in training. She greeted... read more
Jennifer Graham

Doing My Best!
As I work with families whose kids are transitioning from special education to adulthood and life in the community, I offer them tips on being effective read more
Michelle M. Guppy

Letter to Society
I thought it was thunder rumbling in those late hours of the night… The calm, peaceful thunder that keeps you slightly awake, but yet read more
Runner Ups!

by Maureen O'Halloran Clark

Prognosis? Father Knows Better

It was September, 1956, and Dick Wieler's physician at St. Joseph's Rehabilitation Center in Omaha was discussing the sixteen-year-old's read more...
 The Power of Parents 

By recording the stories of our lives with the people we care about, we experience our history, hopes, and humanity. Since 2003, tens of thousands of everyday people have interviewed family and friends through StoryCorps.

Listen to "Have you ever lied to me?" 12-year-old Joshua Littman, who has Asperger’s syndrome, interviews his mother, Sarah. click to listen in...

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