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Finding Myself
Angst. Just heart-wrenching angst. That is how I would describe this past weekend. There were moments of joy that I deliberately infused into my days and evenings. It was especially important to me to separate from th… -
Doors in the Sky
Are you a visual person? Chances are, if you are a parent of a child with autism, you're visual like me. If you're an artist, ditto. Here's a coping strategy I developed early in my journey with my daughter. Most all… -
Balancing Autism with the World
More thoughts on making peace with public perceptions of disAbility differences. (Written as a Facebook response to another special needs mother, much younger than I and newer to the Journey): Special needs parents ha… -
The Importance of Being Seen
The guest band was rocking. I stood by the ice cream truck watching my daughter do her wacky dance. She'd led us over to the truck and kept periodically asking for ice cream and pointing to the pictures on the truck, b… -
My Daughter is Growing Up
All the axioms are true and apply: I'm a work in progress. | Aren't we all? | Grief is a process. Then there's disAbility grief. A form of grief that never ends. If dealt with, it lessens. It diminishes. But, because t… -
Metro Nashville Students with DisAbilities get a "A New Day"
Fourteen years ago, I began a lifestyle that I had intentionally set out to avoid. I suited up, so-to-speak, buckled in and merged into interstate traffic each morning. A preschooler with newly diagnosed autism rode… -
Following Ezra
Courtesy of author Chantal Sicile-Kira, just learned about this new autism dad book: Following Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love from His Extraordinary Son, by Tom Fields-Meyer. Writ… -
The End of Summer
Diagnosis: End-of-Summer Malaise. Late last week I returned from the most relaxing vacay I've had in four years. And then I remained in that mode via a "staycay" for the next nearly four days. Ahhhh. (I'll be startin… -
Learning To Forgive Myself
This morning I broke through. I broke through, at least, to another layer--a deeper layer. Of freedom. We talk in spiritual communities about the importance of forgiveness. In some conscious communities there is a be… -
What You Call People is How You Treat Them
Greeting blog peeps! Thank you for being here and reading. Obviously, remote blogging during our honeymoon did not happen. I didn't have it in me. We came back one week ago and it took that much time to stop feeling fa…
About leisahammett
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- About Me: Writer, speaker, disAbility arts/systemic advocate. Visit my site for more information: http://leisahammett.typepad.com
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