People have always loved food. It’s tasty, it’s an enjoyable thing to share with friends and family, and of course, we simply need it to survive....
When it comes to any social group, people usually have their respective roles like the popular one, the weird one, the funny one and the awkward...
When it comes to leading change and creating social movements, particularly when it involves people on the margins of society, it’s easy to fall into the...
Recently, I spent an hour at Rosebank Primary School in Avondale, Auckland, speaking as a Duffy Books in Homes Role Model. It’s something I’ve done a couple of times...
I’ve been reflecting on the complex dynamics of employment relationships (ER) — let’s call them ERs because of the acronym’s somewhat appropriate onomatopoeia — and what...
I’ve recently changed how I describe myself or, more accurately, my experience. I now talk about “my paradoxical experience as a queer, caucasian, cisgender man with...
Why are you a teacher, and what is the point of doing the job you do? Teachers really need to think about those questions and hopefully...
Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is the latest in a long line of sports “stars” to come out as gay in an interview with celebrity interviewer Sir...
Attitude is everything, they say. What if I said, I don’t think so? Consider this, as long as it remains inside my head, my attitude means nothing....
In my twenties, I used to run disability awareness workshops mainly for people working in disability services. I had an assumption and an agenda — they...
One of the most difficult challenges a person can encounter is change. As each new year approaches people make many promises with the hope of making...
Those of us in the social work profession have spent at least 4 years at university studying the intricacies of human behaviours, and thousands of hours...
A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers provides evidence that CD4+ T lymphocytes — immune system cells also known...
Although extreme poverty in the United States is low by global standards, the U.S. has the worst index of health...
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met...
Pediatric neurologist Jane Tavyev, MD, has advice for parents looking to help their children learn social skills after pandemic isolation....