A young grade school girl comes home and asks her mother: “Mommy, where did I come from?” The mother is quite flustered and surprised that the inevitable question came so early in life. Having been asked though, she proceeds to “have the talk” as openly and as candidly as possible. When she is done the...
It has been known for some time that in the absence of human contact, for a period of time, an infant will develop easily recognizable signs of developmental stress. If left unaddressed these stress symptoms can become quite severe and may manifest in anti-social behavior, distrust of others and an inability to share. Human contact is...
I am a person with brown eyes – that doesn’t make me disabled; it’s a characteristic. You may be a person with red hair – that doesn’t make you disabled; it’s a characteristic. These are characteristics which make us easier to be identified and recognized. These characteristics don’t define us, or limit us; they just part of how...
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