Leaving the Nest is Not an Option for My Daughter
The season I’ve been preparing for the past several years is here. This is the season my autistic daughter’s peers…
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The 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 ReadingI’ve known you since I was 19. We’ve been married for 23 years. We’ve moved twice. We have five kids and one dog.…
Continue ReadingDear kids, I'm not a perfect mom. In fact, I'm not a perfect anything. I'm flawed, I'm human, and I…
Continue ReadingLying in bed one night I began to ponder the meaning of "different." One adjective that can hold such power…
Continue ReadingWhen I tell others my son has autism, most of the time they have no idea what I mean. I…
Continue ReadingIt takes a special dad to raise a special child. Sometimes you may feel you are unnoticed after having a…
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 ReadingIf I had one wish, just one. . . my wish would be that my son’s voice would unlock. That…
Continue ReadingI remember watching you line objects all around the house, down every hallway. Didn’t matter what it was—trains, a hairbrush,…
Continue ReadingThere are many days I simply feel empty. I am unable to mentally or emotionally process any new information. The…
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