If we don't change the way we're talking about U.S. Presidential candidates, we may end up with an outcome in November and beyond that no one wants.

"High functioning." "Low functioning." Labels that help us understand and compartmentalize people and behaviour are often misleading when it comes to actual ability to function. Norms and societal expectations (aka, stereotypes) have a funny way of doing that.

I've been blogging for 7 years today, though starting out I never dreamed I'd keep going. I definitely couldn't have predicted how much blogging would influence other areas of my life either. 

We're over halfway through January, which means I'm late to the New Year's post party, but 2015 was a big year. It's taken a little while to narrow it down to three big things I've learned. I hope they resonate with you as we anticipate what's ahead in 2016.

People are speaking up about the inequity in media coverage and general reaction to the attacks and Beirut and Paris last week. 

IKEA probably didn't set out to paint parents in a bad light - that would be a truly foolish marketing tactic. However, the interpretation of any video is in the eye of the beholder.

Just as there is a spectrum of autism, there is a spectrum of fear. For some, it's fear of the unknown. For others the fear is more palpable. 

I see friendship at any level as an ebb and flow. Life circumstances bring people into our lives. Sometimes there is an invisible pull that brings two (or more) people closer together.