Ray Hemachandra’s talk upon receiving the 2025 Jack B. Hefner Memorial Award emphasizes that action to support all Americans and North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities is urgent and essential regardless of the political moment.
I haven’t been posting photographs on the blog mostly because I forgot I sometimes post photographs on the blog. I … More
[This entry is the concluding post of a six-part series presenting my talk on autism delivered at the Autism and the … More
[This entry is Part 5 of a six-part series presenting my talk on autism delivered at the Autism and the … More
[Part 4 of a six-part series presenting my talk on autism delivered at the Autism and the Pursuit of Happiness … More
[This six-part series is adapted from a talk I gave at the Autism and the Pursuit of Happiness Conference at … More
[This six-part series is adapted from a talk I gave at the Autism and the Pursuit of Happiness Conference at … More
I have been a poor blogger lately — “poor Ray,” a friend recently said — posting hardly at all. Today … More
Memorial Day weekend 2015: I keep seeing signs in the community and posts in the social media community thanking those … More
My son, Nicholas, was featured on the cover of the major western North Carolina weekly — the Mountain Xpress — … More
