Jessica Fletcher, a mother from Fredericton, New Brunswick, was out to dinner with her 11-year-old son Hunter when the moment she'd been quietly dreading finally happened: the battery died on his AAC device, the tablet he relies on to select words and symbols to communicate. Hunter is autistic and nonverbal, and without the tablet, he suddenly had no way to tell his mother what … [Read more...] about When Her Nonverbal Son’s Communication Device Died at Dinner, This Mom Found a Backup That Never Runs Out of Battery
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A Restaurant Put Up One Simple Sign for Its Teenage Staff — and It Says Everything We Forget to Say
Some signs tell you where the bathroom is. Others tell you not to block the counter. And then, every once in a while, a sign stops you mid-step — not because it's clever, but because it's honest. That's what happened to one customer at a small local restaurant, standing at the counter waiting to order, when a laminated piece of paper taped near the register caught their eye. … [Read more...] about A Restaurant Put Up One Simple Sign for Its Teenage Staff — and It Says Everything We Forget to Say
How a Sick Woman Was Turned Into a Sideshow “Attraction” — and Why Her Doctor Was Furious About It
In 1920, a British newspaper ran a job advertisement that read: "Wanted: Ugliest woman. Nothing repulsive, maimed or disfigured. Good pay guaranteed, and long engagement for successful applicants. Send recent photograph." A widowed mother of four answered it — not out of vanity, but out of desperation. Her name was Mary Ann Bevan, and the disease she was living with had a name … [Read more...] about How a Sick Woman Was Turned Into a Sideshow “Attraction” — and Why Her Doctor Was Furious About It