I See the Adult You Are Becoming and I Couldn’t Be Prouder
My son took me out for a Coke on Friday. He’s gotten his learner’s permit, so he drove and navigated…
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My son took me out for a Coke on Friday. He’s gotten his learner’s permit, so he drove and navigated…
Continue ReadingI had four kids in five years. I basically spent the first seven years of my marriage either pregnant or…
Continue Reading"Marianna's artwork reflects the beauty of her autism." As soon as I typed the words, I started backspacing. The beauty…
Continue ReadingThe season I’ve been preparing for the past several years is here. This is the season my autistic daughter’s peers…
Continue ReadingI am often asked when I realized you were autistic, and you are almost always with me when it happens.…
Continue ReadingYou don’t grow out of autism. It’s not some phase a person is going through. Autism doesn’t end at 18.…
Continue ReadingWhen I tell others my son has autism, most of the time they have no idea what I mean. I…
Continue ReadingIt could be worse . . . I have repeated these four words while lying in bed crying, feeling helpless…
Continue ReadingI spent the first four years of my son’s life in a frantic state of hope. A hope that he…
Continue ReadingI remember watching you line objects all around the house, down every hallway. Didn’t matter what it was—trains, a hairbrush,…
Continue ReadingSometimes . . . you just have to love your way through. My son is 16. He is semi-verbal on…
Continue ReadingIt is said that after you settle into autism and with more experience, your worries turn to wonder. You start…
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