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Autism Light: Kathy Medina

Kathy Medina is from Clovis, California. She and her husband Glenn have three children, including a son with autism named Zack. Kathy was a Life Insurance Agent for 15 years with American United Life, and left that p…
Poetic Musings from the Aspie Mind

autism my musings, a poem Autism What’s it all about: For sure will there ever be a cure? Maybe not now, maybe soon, Today, today it is really hard to say.
Define "Normal"

For us, “Normal” is… late nights, even sleepless nights. In depth Conversations on transport, LEGO and wrestling! Visual learning (our home is full of home made schedules)! Laughter… Tears
Having Nana For Dinner?

Saturday, I was telling Gabe, that we were having Nana for dinner on Sunday. As soon as those words came out of my mouth, I began to giggle. I knew exactly what Gabe would say next.
Autism and Bullies

Stephanie Pappas of LiveScience wrote and excellent article that is troubling at times to consider. The majority of students in my school have Autism, Asperger Syndrome or other developmental disorders. However, whe…
Integration Mustn't Be a Boilerplate Approach

Educational and recreational segregation used to be the model for children with special needs. Then, integration came into vogue. Now we’re got segregationists debating integrationists, and truly, we’re all…
He’ll Get the Message

Like many kids with Autism, Byron has a hard time believing things that are seemingly illogical or abstract. Religion in general is a difficult concept for him to understand and study because it asks him to have fait…
Ignorance and Judgement

This post is dedicated to all the beautiful families out there that have been touched by #Autism more than once. While my words won’t remove the sting of another person’s snap judgement, hopefully it will at…
#Autism: Let's talk about seizures

I’m new to this whole seizures thing and so I’m not sure what to do. Gavin is still having absent seizures, even on the depakote. Lizze walked into Gavin’s room this afternoon and he was sitting…
Huntington's Disease & Autism?

Not too much gets me down for too long. My mother in law just informed me she h found out that her grandmother died from Huntington's disease. So this would be the boys maternal great grandmother. Apparently, there is…