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Updated Confessions of a Depressed Special Needs Dad

It’s been awhile since I really spent any amount of time talking about my battle with depression. As some of you already know, I’m battling depression. This has been a war of both wins and losses, progres…
Confessions of a Special Needs Father

Every once in awhile I like to do a confessions post. This is where I kick the honesty up a notch and purge some of the things that have been weighing heavy on my heart. Life has been more challenging than usual lately…
My Son Has Autism

This post is by Major Bradley Gordon, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. It is excerpted from a blog he submitted to the Camp Lejeune Globe. My son has autism. There, I said it – not easy for a Ma…
Autism Father and Denial

Is this what a father sees? Far too many moms have asked me why their husbands might be in denial or worse yet, cold and distant to their child. Once they got the autism diagnosis, everything changed. Many fathers str…
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…
Overcoming Regression - Going Back To School

Streamers fell from the ceiling and a brass marching band played “Happy Days are Here Again” as the school bus pulled up for the first day of school a couple weeks ago. Well, no, not really, but to say I wa…
A Father's Expectations Revisited

One of the first things I tell dads (and moms) when talking to them about their child with autism is that they have to deal with expectations completely being destroyed at such an early age. Dads immediately set expectat…
What’s a Father Supposed to Think About Autism and Cord Blood Stem Cells?

Recently I was sent an online article from BioResearch Online entitled “Autism and Cord Blood Stem Cells: FDA Gives Green Light For Ground Breaking Clinical Trial.” I know I may seem pretty darn smart (I te…
A Proud Father

As a father of an autistic girl I wondered many a time whether I am responsiblen for her condition. Why this autism should catch our family more than anybody else I kept asking myself. Could not get any convincing ans…
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…