When I was five-years-old, my family took the train from Ashhurst to Gisborne (New Zealand) to visit my grandparents. At the start of our journey the train wound its way through two or three long tunnels as we travelled from one end of the spectacular Manawatu Gorge to the other. As we entered each tunnel,…
October is ADHD Awareness Month. In 1902 a British pediatrician noted that some children could not control their behaviour in a way a typical child would but they were still intelligent. And now more than 100 years later ADHD is still misunderstood, stigmatized and denied as a disability. Children with ADHD are often labeled problem…
I know climate change is a huge global issue; wildfires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, and tornados affect thousands and thousands of people. But today as I rub my itchy, bloodshot eyes,