IDEA at 50: The Promise, the Progress, and the Alarming Slide Backward
Fifty years ago, the United States did something rare: it made a moral commitment to children that actually meant something. When Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act on November 29, 1975 — the law that later became IDEA — it drew a line in the sand: Before IDEA, conditions weren’t just inadequate […]
How Confirmation Bias Hijacks Our Thinking — And What We Can Actually Do About It
There’s a truth I keep coming back to, one that’s uncomfortable to admit and even harder to escape: I am not immune to confirmation bias. None of us are. It’s not just a flaw in “other people,” or the ones we disagree with, or the caricatures that show up in our feeds. It’s a human […]
The Truth About Suramin and Autism: What the Science Really Says
Airbags, Vaccines, and the Revolving Door: What We Owe Each Other
I read a Facebook post recently that made me really pause and think – not because I totally agreed with it, but because I understand where it’s coming from. The author shared a list of children whose lives were lost or forever changed following vaccination. She shared their names and the grief of their parents. […]