Q 25) “So we decided that it was time for Ned to confront the reason he needs such special instruction. We decided to tell him he has a disability, and try to do it as simply and straightforwardly as…
Q 25) “So we decided that it was time for Ned to confront the reason he needs such special instruction. We decided to tell him he has a disability, and try to do it as simply and straightforwardly as…
Q 24) “Ned’s facility with phrases I never thought he knew brings me up short sometimes. Once we were watching Ira’s high school football team get slaughtered by an opponent. Right after the other team made a touchdown and the…
Q 23) “I have to admit to a certain prejudice against Williams after spending a day there. Each evening a group of fake cowboys stages a gun battle on Main Street, in front of all the Route 66 souvenir shops. …
Q 22) “…we brought Ned along to the wedding, although he wasn’t invited, even after we told our friend he was coming. For a while I had a problem with Ned’s not being asked to attend the ceremony or…
Q 21) “Ira is almost always nice to Ned, although he hasn’t developed the thick skin his parents have for those occasions when Ned does something eccentric in public. Ira is easily embarrassed. He will take Ned to the movies…
Q 20) “The room was full of people with disabilities, almost all adults, and their parents. I’d seen it before a dozen times, but this time it was impossible for me not to compare the assembly with the people on…
Q 19) After the Palmers returned from their trip, Greg wrote a thank-you note to the owner of the cruise line, telling him about the purpose of his trip and about Ned: “This staff is obviously very well trained…
“Sometimes I have a problem with the family rule about not inflicting my kids on strangers. Too many of those strangers want to dismiss my son and those like him as useless, pitiable, and ignorable. It’s not my job to…
“Most kids would probably pass by the hymnbooks in such a gift shop without a second glance. But not Ned, who has been a songbook collector for a long time.” … “His current songbook collection must be at least two…