Word: pillowed
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...girl to make it easier for her parents to take care of her? Dr. Daniel Gunther and Dr. Douglas Diekema, who revealed the details of the Ashley Treatment in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, were intent on improving the life of the child whose parents call her their "pillow angel"; they think their critics don't understand the extreme nature of this case. The critics, especially advocates for the disabled, think the doctors don't understand the true cost of what they have done. Talk to all sides, and you confront every modern challenge in weighing what medicine...
...into permanent children denies them whatever subtle therapeutic benefit comes from being seen as adults. "I know they love their daughter," says Julia Epstein, communications director for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund,(www.dredf.org) and the mother of a disabled child. "But they refer to her as the pillow angel. I know that's meant to be a sweet term, but it's terminally infantalizing." Her organization issued a statement affirming that "we hold as non-negotiable the principle that personal and physical autonomy of all people with disabilities be regarded as sacrosanct." With the right information and support...
Some of us have never left sewing, as we grew up with it, have needed it for financial ease and liked its creative versatility. My 4-year-old granddaughter, after embroidering her initials on a little pillow she stuffed and sewed, helped me oil my sewing machine and is making lavender-filled fabric packets to give as Christmas presents. To her, it's just one more skill to learn and have fun with. MARIE T. GASS Clackamas...
...that knitting has caught on with everyone from grandmothers to movie stars, needlepoint is being proclaimed as the next wave in down-home crafts. Home retailer to the young and trendy, West Elm already stocks this needlepoint Bunched Flowers pillow cover westelm.com...
Nothing is more refreshing than a good night's sleep. But what really goes on when our head hits the pillow? New studies provide several clues...