Laura McKenna

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March 17, 2022 Laura

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June 15, 2021 Laura

HuffPost: My Autistic Son Didn’t Have A Prom Date. What His Brother Did Next Was Beautiful.

April 14, 2021 Laura

Awareness Weeks Are Fine but People With Disabilities Need a Lot More Than That

March 18, 2021 Laura

Opinion: 7 Tips for Parents Who Want to Speak Out at School Board Meetings and Be Effective Advocates for Students

March 12, 2021 Laura

Are We Facing a Mental Health Crisis for Boys?

February 12, 2021 Laura

Occupational Therapy Shifts From Tactile to Digital

August 28, 2020 Laura

Why It’s So Hard to Report on Schools While Home-Schooling During a Pandemic

July 28, 2020 Laura

How To Reach Traumatized Students

March 22, 2020 Laura

When schools close or go online, what happens to students with disabilities?

January 14, 2020 Laura

OPINION: Marching band sets the right tempo for many special-needs kids

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Finally seeing Plaza Suite with Broadway Matthew and SJP. We were supposed to see this in May 2020.
Such a gorgeous day
Chilling with the cousins in Jersey City.
Easter Pix #2

Recent Posts: Apt. 11d

LINKS May 17, 2022

I’m a College Student with a Disability. Stop Treating Me Like a Child. A big art collection topped $922 million at Sotheby’s. Aided by a remote workplace, people are moving to Bozeman, Montana for the quality of life. And it’s overwhelming their schools. PICTURE: Aged, vintage reds, Mixed topics, $60 per foot. WATCHING: Last season […]

Community: How Important Is Your Career?

Since the pandemic, I feel less tied to my career. I have work — both paid and unpaid — but my work is not me. I’m someone who has always chased prestige. At times I felt like a bad feminist, when I couldn’t work, because of my responsibility for kids. So, this shift has been […]

Links May 16, 2022

I am currently sitting in a spare office of a testing center, where Ian is undergoing more educational and psychological testing for school. Sigh. I want to blog — lots to talk about — but I’m working on an iPad and a tiny portable keyboard. Everything is very cramped. I think I’ll just post some […]

Political PTSD: Can We Recover from Trump, Pandemic, Wrecked Kids, and Roe?

I was in Jonah’s orthodontist’s office in 2015, when I first realized that Donald Trump should be taken seriously.  While waiting at the receptionist’s desk, a college kid looked up the television mounted on the wall as Trump’s face appeared on the screen. The kid said, “Hey! There he is!” and then explained that he had a […]

Community: Student Loans

Last week, I confessed to a big pile of college student loan debt. Did you have debt? How long did it take to pay off? Will your kids have debt?

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