Would you like to know how many people have visited this page? Or how reputable the author is? Simply
sign up for a Advocate premium membership and you'll automatically see this data on every article. Plus a lot more, too.
I have 4 fans: Become a Fan. You'll get emails whenever I post articles on OpEd News
Former teacher, business owner and now retired. This is my favorite job of all. Regular contributor to Open Salon. All of my work is non-fiction and my first book "Heart Full of Hope" is now available on Amazon and Kindle.
(30 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 13, 2011 The Night The Real Rain Man Made Me Cry
Most people have never heard of Kim Peek, but if you had you would never forget him. At his birth, his head was 1/3 times as large as a normal sized head. His eyes were closed and he was diagnosed as severely retarded. At three years old his parents noticed that he appeared to be reading books. Not only was he reading them, but he read them with tremendous speed and 100% comprehension. His vocabulary matched that of his parent
(14 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 28, 2011 NAMI...National Alliance on Mental Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (also known as N AMI ) was founded in 1979 as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. NAMI is a nation-wide American advocacy group representing families and people affected by mental illnesses is a non-profit grass roots organization and has affiliates in every American state and in thousands of local communities in the country.