Emy Trende

Mama, wife, author, attorney, special needs advocate, chronic learner. Views are my own. Retweets not endorsements.

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On the way home, @SeanTrende would not be detoured from visiting @babylandgeneral .

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BREAKING: The men of Disney have apparently elected me their king.

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Sometimes people take handicap parking spaces when they don’t have a disability. The solution is not to get rid of all the handicap parking spaces.

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A bill, Ohio HB 795, bans Medicaid reimbursement of family members for caregiver time for special needs kids. First, this doesn't affect me directly; though we've been encouraged to enroll as paid family caregivers for our son, we never have. Also, fraud is 100% real. That said

This is a terrible idea. If you have a kid with a serious disability, you can't just hire the local teen to babysit. It's almost always a family member who knows the kid's protocol. This isn't some kind of babysitting slush fund.

More importantly, you can't just send the kid to Primrose School or whatever for daycare or aftercare, because they're not really equipped for that. We have one of the few kids in the world where a preschool said "we don't want your money; we can't handle him" (this was in VA, before we moved to OH for the autism scholarship). We were lucky that I had a job that gave me quite a bit of flexability and that the stars aligned to allow me to leave the practice of law to take this job.

Yes, I know the stories of fraud and abuse, and could tell some myself from our community. Frankly, they're the ones I'm most angry at with this. That should absolutely be cracked down on. But this is ultimately launching a missile to kill a mouse, one that is going to hurt a lot of well-meaning, innocent people. @GovMikeDeWine @LtGovJimTressel @OhioAG @Rob_McColley @matthuffman1

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@edchoice Yes! It’s a big part of why we moved to Ohio. We liked the public/private collaboration fostered by the scholarship.

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Also, he just had ear tubes placed. Could this be why he's now abandoned the headphones? We are psyched, but genuinely curious. #ENTtwitter #MedTwiter

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For ten years Judd has worn noise reducing headphones every day. Yesterday he came into my office, looked at me, dropped them on the floor and has refused to put them back on since.

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Huge thank-you to @GenerationTux . Our son with autism and intellectual disability is sporting their gear for prom, which they fitted remotely using AI. No try-ons, pins, or anxiety-inducing shopping trips necessary. It’s a perfect fit. Check them out!

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@SeanTrende It's seriously the worst mask of all masked man villains.

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@SeanTrende I did not get to fly much as a child, but when I did, visiting the cockpit was a must-do. Flight attendants would let you right in, you'd chat up the pilots, and walk away with a pair of plastic wings. Our kids don't believe this happened.

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@bobsalpha1 @SeanTrende The roll was really good!

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@BishopMemorial @SeanTrende Columbus, Ohio

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@behaviorben @SeanTrende That’s super interesting! Did she sound like this woman?

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@jaycost Meet me in my home state and we will tour all the Clay locations! (I am married to an even nerdier person who would also enjoy this.)

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“Sometimes it skips a generation.”

@SeanTrende

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@RichPaxman Thank up for your remarkable contributions. A friend of mine who received one of your mum’s grants is celebrating another year of remission this week - and has beautiful red hair!

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@SeanTrende They took our Little Library, so yes. Unleash the velociraptors.

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@RickGarnett @PrawfsBlawg There was a great episode of @PodcastSTS where they interviewed a juror from the recent trial. Young guy. He said he’s now changing his career plans to go to law school because of his experience with the trial and learning about Markel’s life.

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Hidden bonus of a neurospicy household? When @SeanTrende has a major work deadline, he will pretty much grant any home repair wish instantly.

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@RichPaxman I just let out a little cheer and startled the people around me. I’m so excited for you, Rich!

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@SeanTrende It knows I like to cook. Because “hey algorithm, I like to cook!”

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Well @SeanTrende just did a post about his bouncer days in Gtown, so I think it’s a good time to remind folks of the time the boys and I threw him a Roadhouse theme birthday party.