Published by the Edmonton Journal – Mar 05, 2021 Murder, mysteries and advocacy make strange bedfellows. Edmonton author Emma Pivato has made it her goal to combine her love of mystery novels with a lifelong passion of advocating for individuals with disabilities. Her protagonist, Claire Burke, calls Edmonton home and locations within the city play host to benign backdrops and …
To be published in the fall of 2021. This book tells the story of our family’s journey to date with our 41-year old daughter, Alexis, and how together we have grappled with the profound challenges that she faces in order to make a satisfying life for her and for us.
What is it to be human? Aristotle defined ‘man’ as s a rational animal. And the French rationalist philosopher, Rene Descartes (1596-1650), opined that only humans have souls. He suggested that animals, by contrast, are mere clockwork automatons preprogrammed through instincts and impulses. John Locke, a 17th century empiricist and an important enlightenment thinker, picked up Aristotle’s tabula rasa concept, stating that human …
My goal for this blog is to share tips and ideas discovered or developed over the past 35 years to enhance the quality of life for my daughter and others like her. My best moments are when I see the beautiful smile on her face that tells me I have succeeded. But then again I don’t really want this to …
