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To the Mother of an Aspie

Dear Mother of an Aspie, When I first met your son, I was struck by how handsome and intelligent he was, yet so shy. We were in a few high school classes together, history and art. He was always on the computer in ar…
You Don't Have to Be a Statistic

One of the common myths circulating in the autism community is that parents who have an autistic child will inevitably face divorce. Many people believe that if you are parents who have an autistic child, the stress wi…
We think differently

My husband and I have almost nothing in common. I'm Ernie, he's Bert. I'm arty, he's analytical. I'm a vegetarian, he loves nothing more than a good burger. I like adventure vacations, he prefers lying on the beach…
An Asperger Engaged

I wasn't entirely sure what Autism truly was until I met Gray. We dated for 3 months before I really noticed that he had Asperger Syndrome. Gray was helping me move out of my college apartment at the end of the fall se…
Autism diagnosis is not divorce diagnosis

Time to throw conventional wisdom out the window, at least according to a new study. The study’s author spoke about the findings, published in U.S. News and World Report, but the organization isn’t l…
Autism and Divorce

Being a divorce/custody lawyer certainly opens one’s eyes to the possibilities and depths of despair in the world of relationships. Once people commit to each other, they form a whole lot of ties that while easy…
Changing Gears

I'm a skeptic by nature. And years of following one dead end after another in an effort to help my kids hasn't helped. That's why, when our in-home team introduced us to the Beyond Consequences intervention model,…
Autism and Divorce

At the end of the month I have to take my oldest to the neurologist. I will have to tell the doctor about the divorce. I already know what the doctor will be thinking, I am just another statistic. The divorce rate when…
I Told You So

That was my first reaction when I read the report seen on the Autism Speaks website. They posted the findings from the Family Stress Study done by the Interactive Autism Network. It looked at how having a child with…
Marriage Planning for Adults with Disabilities

Adults who experience disabilities have many of the same dreams that adults without disabilities have. Marriage is one of those dreams. Unfortunately, the same dream can bring complexities that might not occur for thos…