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Step Back and Think About It...

What's REALLY important here? We are a busy society. We rush from place to place. We are always in a hurry. There is much to do on any given day. I am totally guilty of running through the days, wishing for the end…
Getting Consent

Before C was 18 I was always able to give parental consent to things. Now he is an adult – I can’t. It hasn’t been an issue till now. We went to the dentist (hospital dentist that we waited over 6 m…
The Good Kind of Conservative

Photo: ernstl Conservative. The word has multiple meanings depending on the context in which it's used. Most often in my neurotypical sphere, it's used in conversation about politics. Or religion. In another realm o…
Why We Are Invisible

I hope this explanation takes some of the sting out of the way we are treated by others. We are perceived as less than fully human or part of the furniture, if we are noticed at all. We lack something I call "personal…
Autism Therapy: Dylan Time

I am blessed. I have two boys. One of which I blog about most of the time. Chase. He is our son who has High Functioning Autism. He is 13 years old (he will be 14 on February 16th, as he reminds us constantly…lo…
A Mom Think Tank For Autism?

Tackling weighty problems like autism causes, treatments, health care, education and employment is a big job, and thank goodness we have teams of scientists, legislators, economists and the entire autism community to h…
How can I help?

People ask me all the time how they can be involved with the autism awareness movement. My answer is not simple. A lot of people know that there are more people with autism each year and, right now, most of them are c…