Author Archives: Deborah

In addition to her job as a computer engineer and her single parent responsibilities, Deborah is president of a state-wide family support group for families whose lives are touched by deafblindness, and is a tireless advocate for all people with disabilities. She writes at Pipe Cleaner Dreams and her writing has also been featured in local magazines and newspapers. Ashley’s story has also been chronicled in a book by Jonathan Mooney titled Short Bus Stories.

Ashley Time

Having a child with significant medical issues, I find myself measuring time in non-traditional ways.  When someone asks “When did you move into your house?”, I say, “Let’s see, it was after Ashley’s second brain surgery but before she had her gallbladder and appendix out.”  I could have just as easily said that it was…

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Dazlious – Interview with Marla Baltes

One of the loveliest and most informative blogs I regularly visit is called Marla Baltes On All That Is Dazlious. Marla describes her blog as a place to share her photography, insights, joys and struggles, especially as they relate to her ten year old daughter, Maizie. Being an adoptive mom myself to a daughter with…

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