The road to potty training our daughter was one of the most difficult journeys my wife, Judy, and I set…
Richard E. Poulin III
an American currently working as Head of Middle School for an international school in Bangkok, Thailand. He is also the president of the nonprofit organization Teach RARE. In 2018 his newborn daughter, Rylae-Ann, was diagnosed with the ultra-rare disease, aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency. Richard shares his journey and aims to provide caregivers with strategies and tips to improve their family's journey.
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Articles by Richard E. Poulin III
Rebirth is a common theme that appears in such classic stories as “Sleeping Beauty,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “A Christmas…
When my wife, Judy, and I discovered that our daughter, Rylae-Ann, has a rare, neurotransmitter disease known as…
My wife, Judy, and I recently attended our third awareness day event for aromatic…
When our daughter, Rylae-Ann, was 3 months old, we began to see signs that something wasn’t right. When that…
The occasional foot or backhand to the face has been worth the benefits of co-sleeping as a family. My wife,…
My wife, Judy, and I have given several workshops for parents based on our experience caring for our daughter, Rylae-Ann,…
Before our daughter, Rylae-Ann, was born, I read books and logged many internet hours learning about parenting. I wanted to…
After the dough came out hot from the oven, I added drops of dye into three balls of it. I…
A notification pops up on my phone. It’s from Facebook, sharing a memory from five years ago. The clip shows…