This article appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2012: By Wes Platt Jackie Tobias leads the way, walkie-talkie in hand, down the stairs and through the corridors of Riverside High School. On a recent morning, the nearly 1,750 students are swarming through the halls of this Durham public school between classes, although some linger in pairs…
This article appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2012: By Wes Platt CHAPEL HILL – Seventeen children lay side by side on the floor of the dimly lit stage before lunch on Friday as teacher David McClutchey explained: “We’re going to try to keep rhythm with our feet. Pretend your feet are hands and you’re clapping…
This article appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2012: By Wes Platt BAHAMA – It shouldn’t be good news that an infection attacking Kailey Eaton’s body has diminished enough that she can resume chemotherapy. She shouldn’t have to get her food through a tube. She shouldn’t need to worry that the friends she wants to…
This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013: Colleen Kilsheimer once thought her son Stephen, born with Down Syndrome, never would know how to spell his own last name or slide his arms into the sleeves of a coat to bundle himself up against the St. Louis winter. But he surprised her. He could spell…
