Posts by Calvert F Cazier, PhD, MPH

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to interact with a 5-year-old boy named Joshua. This little blonde, blue-eyed boy was curious about many things, and I was surprised at how well he assimilated knowledge from his parents, older siblings, kindergarten teacher and others in his life. Joshua is our youngest grandson. They were living in…

I have Tourette syndrome (TS) and I know what it is like to be different and to have people stare at you and to be self-conscious. I also know that it is possible to live with differences and how to survive and move forward when rude people stare and whisper to the person next to…

In early 1967, I was living in Taranto, Italy. I met a man from Nice, France with whom I became friends and roommates for approximately six months. We lost contact, and I didn’t see him again until 2014 when I discovered we were living in the same city.When we reconnected, I learned that he was…

On a beautiful fall Saturday, several years ago, my wife and I were presenting at a professional conference in Salt Lake and decided we had just enough time to walk up City Creek Canyon for a quick picnic on our lunch break. We bought a couple of sandwiches from the hotel and walked up the…

The story I’m about to share gives me no pleasure in telling, but it has an important message about fighting our children’s battles. It’s about a mother who I call the ‘Mad Momma’, her son ‘Precious’ and our youngest son Peter. It’s my hope to share this story in a factual way without bias, but…

“I have been asked what I mean by word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls—walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground—there is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape, but stand me on that…