Image credit: Photo by mobilene on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons It's been a while since I've posted an update about the case of Alex Barton. Alex, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's (a form of autism), was voted out of his kindergarten class last spring after his teacher, Wendy Portillo, became frustrated with his [...]
Posts under ‘random acts of kindness’
Good Intentions
Last week, as I was contemplating what to do for the random act of kindness that Mantra asked me to perform, I noticed something interesting: I found myself being kinder to everyone. The act of thinking consciously about how I could do some small kindness for a stranger seemed to make opportunities for kindness pop [...]
My Random Act of Kindness
A few weeks ago Mantra tagged me with the task of performing a random act of kindness, and it has been surprisingly difficult. Of course, this is not because I'm not the type to do kind things, quite the opposite... Animal shelter employee? Yep, you. You got a call from a woman looking to find [...]




