Michelle K. Wolf

A Place At the Table

Published on June 14, 2013

School’s Out for Summer – Now What?

Published on June 6, 2013

Adversity, Avocados and AA

Published on May 23, 2013

Urgent Action Needed for Self-Determination legislation in CA

Published on May 17, 2013

Ten Lessons from Special Needs Motherhood

Published on May 8, 2013

Advancing Special Needs Programs: Start Where the Funder Is At

Published on April 26, 2013

Leveling the Playing Field

Published on April 16, 2013

Why Marriage Equality is Right for Everyone

Published on April 2, 2013

Losing an autism diagnosis?

Published on March 20, 2013

When Ethan Gorin was a toddler, he threw terrible tantrums, spun around in circles and repeatedly opened and shut drawers while counting. He didn’t respond when others called his name, and he was incapable of playing quietly by himself.

The Plague of Exclusion

Published on March 19, 2013

Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow

Published on March 8, 2013

Inclusion: Awarding Success and Documenting the Fight

Published on February 27, 2013

Purim for all—Special Needs Events this Weekend

Published on February 21, 2013

Disability Rights Are Civil Rights

Published on February 14, 2013

Why can’t our community be more like Disneyland for people with disabilities?

Published on February 4, 2013

A Presidential Shout Out to Parents of Children with Disabilities

Published on January 24, 2013

Join the Coalition to Stop the Proposed Ban on Shared Housing

Published on January 18, 2013

Opening up more overnight Jewish camps for campers with special needs

Published on January 13, 2013

Opening up more overnight Jewish camps for campers with special needs

Published on January 13, 2013

The Danger of Denial

Published on January 4, 2013

Compassion may be in our bones

Published on December 27, 2012

Stopping Asperger’s from Becoming Another Victim in the CT Massacre

Published on December 16, 2012

The Bright Lights of Inclusion

Published on December 6, 2012

A Guidebook for the Land of Autism

Published on November 24, 2012

It’s Hard to Run to a Bomb Shelter When You Are in a Wheelchair

Published on November 16, 2012

A Sad Ending

Published on November 11, 2012

The Power of Social Media to Help Disabled/Frail Elderly after Sandy

Published on November 4, 2012

Ann Coulter Needs Some Serious Behavioral Intervention

Published on October 24, 2012

Working Moms Who Are Really in A Bind

Published on October 21, 2012

After the special needs b’nai mitzvah: Only a beginning

Published on October 13, 2012

Disability and the Presidential Debates

Published on October 5, 2012

Rooting Out Evil

Published on September 27, 2012

Rosh Pina: Cornerstone of Special Needs Inclusion in the Jewish Community

Published on September 21, 2012

Shining a Camera At the Dark Side of School Discipline

Published on September 13, 2012

How to Survive the Transition Back to School

Published on September 5, 2012

Why Charity Isn’t Enough

Published on August 31, 2012

Why We Don’t Use the Word “Retarded” and Why You Shouldn’t Either

Published on August 20, 2012

Mars and Special Needs

Published on August 11, 2012

From unplanned journey to special-needs mission to Israel

Published on August 1, 2012

Raising a child with developmental disabilities has often been compared to an “unplanned journey,” taking you to places you never imagined you would go. After our son, Danny, was diagnosed with global developmental delays at the age of 13 months, I found myself learning a whole new vocabulary, meeting with many medical professionals and special-education teachers and aides.

Warm Stones, Many Wishes

Published on July 26, 2012

It Takes a Kibbutz (or Two)

Published on July 22, 2012

It Takes a Kibbutz (or Two)

Published on July 22, 2012

We Made it to Israel

Published on July 20, 2012

It Takes a Community to Prevent Child & Adult Abuse

Published on July 15, 2012

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Published on July 6, 2012

Waiting Rooms, Insurance Denials and the Supreme Court

Published on June 29, 2012

Why We are Going to Israel

Published on June 22, 2012

Supporting Dads Who Have Children with Special Needs

Published on June 17, 2012

Black Like Me and Reality TV

Published on June 7, 2012

Inclusion, Segregation and Integration

Published on May 29, 2012

What’s next : Dancing chickens and Re-commitments

Published on May 20, 2012

Why the Proposed CA Cuts Suck

Published on May 15, 2012

What Mom Has Missed

Published on May 10, 2012

The Meaning of Life, Love and Spring Fever

Published on May 3, 2012

Independence, Re-defined

Published on April 27, 2012

Sunny Days

Published on April 20, 2012

Why is this Seder Different than every seder?

Published on April 12, 2012

Let My People Swim

Published on April 6, 2012

New Autism Numbers from the CDC : I Know One

Published on March 29, 2012

Life Away from Special Needs Land

Published on March 27, 2012

Stigma and Non-Disclosure

Published on March 16, 2012

BBG + Mom Power = A Very Special Trip to Israel

Published on March 9, 2012

Turning the Corner

Published on March 5, 2012

LimmudLA and Moving into Center Stage

Published on February 24, 2012

A Month, A Year and Hugo

Published on February 19, 2012

Romance and Disabilities

Published on February 12, 2012

Inclusion and the IDF

Published on February 3, 2012

Rep. Giffords, Health Insurance and Inclusion

Published on January 23, 2012

MLK, Civil Rights & Denying a Kidney Transplant

Published on January 14, 2012

For your consideration

Published on January 8, 2012

Quirky Wishes for 2012

Published on December 28, 2011

Miracles, Big and Small

Published on December 21, 2011

Warrior Parents Indeed

Published on December 16, 2011

After The Angel

Published on December 8, 2011

Retail Therapy

Published on December 2, 2011

Thankful for living in 2011

Published on November 23, 2011

The Glad, the Bad, the Sad

Published on November 18, 2011

Disabled Veterans: Wounded Warriors

Published on November 11, 2011

Getting Disabilities to be a Jewish Issue: From the General Assemly

Published on November 7, 2011

A Weighty Problem: Obesity and Children with Special Needs

Published on November 3, 2011

The Power of Repetition

Published on October 25, 2011

The Lulav Parade

Published on October 17, 2011

The Hot Potato Game Stops: Gov. Brown Signs Autism Law

Published on October 9, 2011

For the Sin of Not Giving a Damn

Published on October 4, 2011

A Rosh Hashanah Story about Special Needs

Published on September 28, 2011

Re-igniting Passion in Parents

Published on September 23, 2011

Really Not Sweating the Small Stuff

Published on September 16, 2011

Flying while Disabled post 9/11

Published on September 9, 2011

Weathering the Storm

Published on September 2, 2011

Summertime Family Playdates with HaMercaz

Published on August 24, 2011

Health Insurance Wars

Published on August 19, 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Parenting a Child with Special Needs

Published on August 11, 2011

A Road Trip Without Roads

Published on August 2, 2011

Wave Your Freak Flag High and the American Disabilities Act

Published on July 26, 2011

Disabled Parking, Andrew Bynum and a teachable moment

Published on July 20, 2011

Put down the Medicaid Political Football

Published on July 13, 2011

26 Nights Off

Published on July 7, 2011

Tracy Morgan and Attention-Getting Behavior

Published on June 30, 2011

A Friend Indeed

Published on June 23, 2011

Special Dads

Published on June 16, 2011

The nightmares of reality

Published on June 10, 2011

What if you had to prove your child was intelligent?

Published on June 2, 2011

How the “F-word” can trump the “R-word”

Published on May 26, 2011

Pinch Me: We are hearing HaTikvah in the White House

Published on May 20, 2011

Wake Up and Smell the Ensure!

Published on May 13, 2011

Counting the Omer and our annual IEP

Published on May 8, 2011

Mother’s Day, Phoebe Snow and Mama Lions

Published on April 28, 2011

A Special Place in Israel Called Home: Kishorit

Published on April 21, 2011

For the Child Who Knows Not How to Ask

Published on April 14, 2011

It’s Showtime

Published on April 10, 2011

Visiting Special Needs Programs in Israel—Part I, Beit Issie Shapiro

Published on April 6, 2011

A long anticipated birth: J-CHAI: Jewish Community Housing for Adult Independence

Published on March 30, 2011

Last Year in Jerusalem—Taking a Teen with Special Needs to Israel

Published on March 22, 2011

The State Budget: No “upside” for persons with disabilities

Published on March 18, 2011

Purim: The whole megillah of sensory integration

Published on March 14, 2011

What does “inclusion” mean?

Published on March 8, 2011

An Unplanned Journey, Part II

Published on March 4, 2011

Join me on an unplanned journey – Part I

Published on March 1, 2011

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Published on March 1, 2011

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Published on February 23, 2011