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Letters about my Son & Aspergers
From X RE: Z Dear Angel ...I've got to go to bed, but Z's experiences reminded me of a quote from Aristotle from my Property Law text:"it's a mark of immaturity to expect the same precision in human affairs as in ma… -
A Letter to the Health professionals I've known
The following letter is my second attempt to write to Dr Meyer, my local health professional . I went to see him a couple of days ago. As well as getting my asthma script renewed, I wanted to discuss with him, whether… -
Sometimes they're are No Warm Fuzzies - Parenting Through Diagnosis and Beyond
Everyone has a different experience of parenting an ASD child. For some there is an obvious difference at birth, for others their children appear to develop normally then regress around 2 - 4 yrs old. My son was my littl… -
Faith and Autism
I've always been a spiritual person,( not always in my behavior perhaps , but while my spirituality may not be as defined in religion as some, I've always had faith in God and a higher purpose to all that is. I've sen… -
Cast Out To Sea
When you find yourself with a child with autism, it feels something like being thrown into the water far out at sea. The safety and security of the known and familiar, is all at once out of reach, and you know that if… -
Unconditional Love - The Spiritual Purpose of Autism
I believe that autistic children come to us with 2 purposes. The 1st is to challenge us to the core of our being to examine and surrender all that is not really, truly important, the 2nd is to teach absolute unconditio… -
Tales to tell.
I decided when I started this blog, not to tell my story from start to finish, but to allow it to be told in a natural way, as memories and events, ideas and inspirations surface. I have a lot of stories, waiting to be… -
Halloween - trick or treat??
There was a last minute frenzy today while my son and I did a rushed grim reaper look for Halloween. I cut a scythe blade out of Hardboard and painted it with silver paint...(thank God I had some). We stuck it on the…

