“No one should be denied the opportunity to learn about their faith or receive the sacraments.” When I was in college, I signed up to volunteer as a catechist at a parish near my campus. I was assigned to be the personal tutor to a little girl with Down syndrome. She was in second grade […]
Singer and songwriter Kevin Whelan has always made music, especially in the 90s and early 2000s when he sang and played bass for an indie rock band called The Wrens. But although The Wrens released their last album, The Meadowlands, to almost universal acclaim in 2003, the New Jersey band never released another album. They […]
The 24-year-old Sarina stern is struggling to get a job despite the labor shortage in the country. Stern, who is autistic, had applied for several positions but was overlooked by all of them. She chose a professional training program at Sports Social, which offers programs for people with various disabilities. In the end, she interviewed […]
I always knew that there was something about me that was different. I have extremely high energy. All my life, teachers, friends, and business colleagues have told me to slow down and take a deep breath. In my early 40s, a mentor suggested I might have ADHD. A decade later, a friend blurted out, “I […]
“We’re doing what ?!” My 8 year old son screamed. “It’s coronavirus! We can’t go to New York! “ We have been sitting in our home in Jersey City, New Jersey for 14 months. Directly in front of our window the yellow ferry sat quietly, absolutely still. No longer busy getting passengers back and forth […]
