Here is a haunting story about a man who, as a child, had a lobotomy.  It did not blank out his personality, as we might think when we hear the term. As he says, it didn’t "touch his… Continue reading

     Oliver Sacks has a beautiful piece, "Recalled to Life," in last week’s (October 31) New Yorker (sorry, the story is not on line!) about people who, usually through stroke or other traumatic neurological insult, lose the ability to… Continue reading

     So Republicans in the House of Representatives, facing the reality of the huge budget deficits they have created through tax-cuts and war-spending, have come up with a solution for narrowing the fiscal gap: take it from the poor… Continue reading

     Today is Aidan’s fourteenth birthday.  At one level, this should be unremarkable: just another adolescent boy passing another year marker, working his way awkwardly to adulthood.  But, of course, Aidan is anything but typical.  On each of his… Continue reading

     The passing of Gene Mauch this week makes me think again (just as in the case of Micky Owens) about how the slightest turns of fate can come to define our lives.   Mauch was famous for coming close… Continue reading

    For those who follow disability issues, the NYT story on very premature babies is not too surprising: Children born prematurely at weights of 2.2 pounds or less during the 1990’s have high rates of mental and physical disability,… Continue reading