Category Archives: Overcoming Challenges

David McCullough, Jr.: “You Are Not Special” Rebroadcast | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Todd

David McCullough, Jr.: “You Are Not Special” Rebroadcast | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR.  Listened to it.  Especially regarding the gifted, very interesting.  Recommended

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Columbia PD: We need more officers to handle mental health situations | KMOV.com St. Louis

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Todd

Columbia PD: We need more officers to handle mental health situations | KMOV.com St. Louis. Kudos to someone seeing that mental health is an issue that needs more attention.

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Jobs For The Autistic | On Point with Tom Ashbrook

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Todd

Jobs For The Autistic | On Point with Tom Ashbrook. Great interview and great story and needed badly today and going forward.

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Welcome – SensorySmarts

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Todd

Welcome – SensorySmarts. Sounds like this would be a great starter guide and website on the practicality of living the sensory processing issues.

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Sensory processing disorder – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Todd

Sensory processing disorder – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Would rather be under a weighty blanket than outside on a 60 degree day in the middle of December because that would mean I would not be having clothing pressing on my … Continue reading →

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Brené Brown on Leaning Into Our Vulnerability (video) | On Being

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Todd

Brené Brown on Leaning Into Our Vulnerability (video) | On Being. I’m more bookmarking this for myself to watch later than blogging about it.  I haven’t seen the video nor consumed any of the On Being interview content yet.

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Veterans not certified but are qualified

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Todd

Please support the American Veterans who are qualified to work to get the certifications and/or jobs they are qualified for. I’m posting this after seeing http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-24-2012/exclusive—reintegrating-veterans-into-the-civilian-workforce seen here The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political … Continue reading →

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Sherry Turkle on “Alone Together” | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Todd

Sherry Turkle on “Alone Together” | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE. She just mentioned a great point that with Facebook, a college student mentioned he couldn’t reinvent himself (my comment: and therefore also experiment and find things he didn’t like) when … Continue reading →

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