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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Day 2 in Montreal. Mass at the @basiliquenotredame. Jaw dropping organ music and wood paneling. Boys did an afternoon at the anime convention, and we went to the @pointeacalliere, the archeology museum. Dinner at @brasserie701.
Got into Montreal in time for dinner and crepes. Tomorrow, mass at the cathedral around the corner, a museum, and a spontaneous anime convention.
We like to eat. Tonight, it was grilled pork tenderloin, roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes with a spicy mayo dip, and sautéed cabbage. Yesterday, I did a sheet pan with chicken thighs (salt, pepper, garlic powder, oregano, fresh tarragon, butter) and carrots (salt, pepper, olive oil, tarragon). Forgot to take the after picture.
Farmer’s meals will continue until November. Yum
Can you canoe? We rented canoes from Al’s in Downsville. They brought us up river and then we paddled for an hour — okay, just chilled out and current took us down stream to our car. Then, lots of exploring and eating for the rest of the day.
Escaped! Steve and I are in the Catskills for the weekend. Solo. Sans children. More pictures to come.

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The Cost of Kids

For years, our kids were our biggest expense. Every penny that came into our coffers went out as an expense for them. We worked, so we could raise kids.  At first, there was daycare and nursery schools for both boys. Because Ian couldn’t talk much back then and couldn’t sit still, his daycare threatened to […]

It’s Not a Race: There’s no adulthood deadline

Around here, there’s a lot of pressure on young people to attend a college that looks good on a back window decal, join the best greek clubs, maintain a good GPA, score the best summer internships, do a semester abroad, finish in four years, and then go onto the other rites of adulthood — employment, […]

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