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A Break for Dads, Not Sensitivity Training

Autistic Like Me: A Father’s Perspective chronicles the journey of fathers who have children with ASD. The goal of the film is to get fathers to open up and become more engaged with their children. Although I und…
To the Father's: Autism Is Not Your Fault

This blog goes out to everyone but especially fathers of children with autism–since I too am a father of a 5-year-old precious boy who has autism and I can only speak for myself. This is also a reason why I wante…
Genes, Older Dads and Autism

Author: thescienceteam What’s with the new research that links autism and genetic mutations with having an older father? My wife and I were in our 20s when we had our child. So were many of the people we know…
Being a Father of a Child with Autism

Do you see the grin? He smiled. It's moments like this where we stare at the camera and the screen showing our faces when it dawn's on me.... I'm the Dad.
Tales of an Autism Dad: ‘Mother Warriors’ Scare the Heck Outta Me

The first time I ever heard the expression “Mother Warriors,” I half expected to see a pink tank rolling down the street or perhaps a platoon of women in designer fatigues with daisies sticking out of their…
Dear, Nick.

Since I last posted to this blog over a year ago our son Nicholas has been admitted to the Neurobehavioral Unit of the Kennedy-Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland which is part of Johns Hopkins. Kennedy has the o…
What Scared a Father of a Child with Autism?

I’m scared. I’ve been scared since our son was diagnosed with autism at age 2 ½. If I’m honest with myself, I was probably scared even before that fateful day when our doctor said the “A-w…
The Fathers Who Stay In The Picture

I live in a small community in Southern, CA. Be it small, there are a lot of families here who are dealing with autism; too many in my opinion. You encounter them everywhere, as well as charities for the disabled that…
Book Review: Something Different about Dad

Written by Kirsti Evans and Illustrated by John Swogger, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers This book is aimed at young people between the ages of 7 and 15 who have a parent or other adult in their lives with Aspe…
THIS makes it all Worthwhile

My Son is 7 years of age and has Autism, and this past week was a milestone that I've been waiting for ever since I became a Dad. Most parents love it when their child starts talking, and that usually happens around…