I could relate to pretty much everything she wrote, and then some. In fact, the article reminds me a little bit of my introductory post on another blog I used to run for a networking group of employees of Harvard University who have children with special needs or disabilities. A shortened (and revised) version of that post was also published in Harvard’s newsletter for employees as an “opinion” piece titled “Support for staff with special needs children: a win-win for Harvard, families and scholars.”

(I’m afraid I still cringe when I read the phrase “special needs children” in the title. It was the editor’s decision, not mine. I prefer to say “children with special needs or disabilities,” but I guess the editor wanted a shorter title.)