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#255: Tess Does a Can Opener

December 4, 2019

Our girl is, to say the least, incredibly busy.

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Tags communication, Safety Sleeper
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#254: Festival Pt 2

November 27, 2019

I'm a crier. I admit it. My wife busts my chops about it. I've been known to weep at cereal commercials. And in San Francisco this year, there was no shortage of tears.

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Tags film, film festival
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#253: Festival

November 20, 2019

I just wrapped up year two of a massive project. About Tess. And USP7. And some of the other 6999 other rare diseases.

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Tags film, film festival, USP7, advocacy
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#252: I Really Can't Talk Right Now

November 12, 2019

Due to circumstances, Imma keep it short this week. Really short.

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#251: Back on Track

November 6, 2019

If they gave out punch cards for medical appointments, with frequent flyer miles for our Tess, she'd have enough points for a trip around the world at this point.

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Tags endocrinology, growth hormone, neurology, seizures, epilepsy
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#250: Special 250th Episode

October 30, 2019

My wife and I are good at some things. But we are terrible at sitting still, for even a short while. We are bad at the pastime of doing nothing.

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#249: Getting on the Map Pt 2

October 23, 2019

The map turns out to be the key to everything we're doing right now. I'm talking about the rare-disease map. We want to get on it. And it is slowly beginning to happen.

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Tags conference, research
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#248: Getting on the Map

October 16, 2019

New Orleans. Known for beignets, Mardi Gras, and conferences about rare neurodevelopmental disorders.

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#247: For Tess, Seeing Is Believing

October 9, 2019

TBE. Maybe you know what this stands for.

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Tags USP7, CVI, cortical visual impairment
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#246: Back to Global Genes Pt 2

October 2, 2019

Copying homework is exactly what you should do.

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Tags USP7, Global Genes, advocacy, storytelling
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#245: Back to Global Genes

September 25, 2019

In 2015, I was just starting out. Fresh out of the long, winding, painful chute of diagnosis with our T-Bird. What a difference 1460 days make.

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Tags advocacy, connection, conference
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#244: The Light Fantastic

September 18, 2019

Austria. The land of the Von Trapps. The composers Schubert and Liszt. And the chef Wolfgang Puck. And also the home of a guy whose work you might have seen, if you've ever gone to a rave in Vienna.

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Tags autism spectrum disorder
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#243: Hiring Bruce Banner

September 11, 2019

The future is now. We are about to hire Bruce Banner.

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Tags USP7, science, research
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#242: Live and Die by the Tides

September 4, 2019

Sitting in a boat, in the mud. A long day with Tess.

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Tags autism spectrum disorder, autism
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#241: I Want to Meet Governor Janet Mills

August 28, 2019

Janet Mills. She's the governor of our fine state of Maine. And I want to meet with her ASAP to talk about Tess.

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Tags Medicaid, Katie Beckett
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#240: Becoming a Noticer

August 21, 2019

Keep your eyes peeled, my dad used to always say in the car when we were driving around, on the hunt for our destination. And I find these days, I'm still doing that.

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Tags mindfulness, noticing, communication
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#239: The Walnut Is Laughing

August 14, 2019

Working on a new skill with Tess. One that you and I and almost everyone does several times a day.

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#238: Megan

August 7, 2019

The end of an era. With an awesome person, who's logged THE most hours with Tess.

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#237: Sugar Baby

July 31, 2019

Wacky music and clips of a possibly over-sugared kid. These just might be the key to getting Tess's attention.

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Tags mixed receptive-expressive disorder
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#236: Worst Procrastinator Ever

July 24, 2019

Abundant sunshine, a long overdue task, and a chance meeting that makes me feel better about some heavy stuff.

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