We spent the holidays with my parents in Los Angeles -- warm and sunny, instead of Boston cold and snowy.
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Certain brands of baby food pouches are f@*king hard to open. This is especially difficult if you have a hand injury. Or are grandma with arthritis
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We're heading out to visit relatives this week, along with everyone else in the US. Ours live in New York, so we have a 5 hour car ride. My little son has taken to throwing up during any car trip longer than 15 minutes.
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This week is Head of the Charles, a regatta where people from all over the world row down the Charles River in Boston.
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Choreographer Heidi Lasky has been creating works with abled and disabled dancers.
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James is a scientist who was in a horrible accident and needed prosthetics. Then a video game company advertised for a patient who wanted a cyborg arm, like one of their game characters
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I had a very sweet Mother's Day, with flowers picked out by my son.
Someday he will notice and ask about my hand problem. Then what? What do other parents with disabilities say to small children?
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At the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, they are running an exhibit on fashion and technology. One piece is a video by the Alternative Limb Project, of art and prosthetics. Here are some more images of Model / Pop Singer Viktoria Modesta, who has a prosthetic.
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ArtLifting is an online gallery that sells art by the disabled and homeless. This Boston-based gallery has been so successful that some of its members are now full-time artists!
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Most grammar schools in the Boston area shut down for a week in February. That's because it is frigid; two weeks ago, it was -9 degrees F (-23 C)! So the whole city leaves for somewhere warm.
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Nicholas McCarthy was born with one hand. He is now a professional pianist.
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New Legos have a wheelchair character! You can make it female or old by changing its plastic wig.
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