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Traveling Through Life on Flat Tires
We weren’t the Cunningham’s of Happy Days, nor were we the Huxtable’s of the Cosby Show. We weren’t any of the modern families of Modern Family. We were merely a family that valued learning.![](https://digitalscribbler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Google-Develop-for-Good.jpg)
The Googlization of Hope Technology School
You’re just a fool Just a fool To Believe you can change the world Change, Carried Underwood Steve Jobs famously said, “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”. His brand of ‘foolishness’ changed the world. We can practice this same type of ‘foolishness’, and through our own efforts produce change in the world. Thanksgiving weekend was…![](https://digitalscribbler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Geek-Dad.jpg)
Special Needs Parents are Geek and Cool
While most geek parents are doing cool things for fun, parents with disabilities do them for fun, and to improve the quality of their children’s lives.![](https://digitalscribbler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/jobs_cook-1024x681.jpg)
What Special Needs Parents Need Most?
Almost everyday, I see or hear about parents with special needs being overwhelmed with information, critiques, or gloomy outlooks regarding their children. All too rare are those moments when someone chooses to inspire them, even though inspiration is what they need most.![](https://digitalscribbler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/autismpositivityflasblog7-1024x963.jpg)
Hope for “I Wish I Didn’t Have Asperger’s”
The Autism Positivity 2012 Flash Blog is explained by one of its writers in this way. Someone recently did a search with the words “I wish I didn’t have Aspergers.” One blogger felt it was incredibly sad and, as a result, a number of bloggers decided to light up the internet with Autism Positivity blogs and…Autism Burnout: Connecting The Dots (Part 2)
Let’s Talk Autism Burnout was part 1 of this series. In that post, I tried to frame the challenge of autism. My purpose was to draw clear battle lines, so we wouldn’t make the mistake of fighting pain rather than finding purpose. Autism is hard, and can consume our lives, if we don’t figure…Let’s Talk Autism Burnout (Part 1)
This blog was born out of my desire to apply technology to the task of overcoming human limits. The limits in mind were intellectual disabilities, especially autism. The first stage in the unfolding of this dream will soon be launched, in the form of a communication app for non-verbal children with autism. We call it…Hope: Kryptonite For Autism
Blogging is suppose to be more relaxed, so let me take advantage of this informality. I am going to use an awkward literary analogy, because it is the only way I can describe how I feel. I believe hope is kryptonite for autism. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done…![](https://digitalscribbler.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tablet-watcharakun.jpg)