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Idealist vs. Realist

When Pudding was born, she was pure and perfect. I was determined to keep her that way. I would only nurse her, no chemical formula for my baby. No pacifier, my baby wouldn’t have nipple confusion. When sh…
Water Safety Skills: A Parent’s Responsibility

A summer family activity often means swimming at a pool, lake, river or beach. Regardless of the location, the same water safety rules apply. Many things that happen to our children are beyond our control but being…
Raising a Curmudgeon

Big Brother is a sweet kid. Really. He has a good heart (yes, kids with Asperger's can show empathy), is extremely smart (too much so for his own good), and has a keen sense of humor. That said, I am under no ill…
Poem: The Legacy of The Special Needs Parent

Sometimes I wonder in times spent alone mind adrift to things less important, yet I own Maybe not less because it’s the central of me my mind drifts to wonder to thoughts of my legacy Everyone has them ma…
No Longer Invisible

Dear Editors, I don’t have a lot of time to read, but I do spend a lot of time in waiting rooms. Too much time in waiting rooms, actually. I see all kinds of parents like me in there. Stay-at-home mothers a…
Steps to Being an Autism Parent

Remember my Steps to being a special needs parent? - recently I had cause to return to the theme and examine the following three steps: Step 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make ame…
Break Downs, Colds, and IEP Meeting

My son is now sick. And guess what? So am I! The second time around is worse that the first. I just knew that I would end up with it again. I’m determined not to let it mess up my weekend, though. Looks like…
The Battle

We have had this ongoing battle in our house. One in which I try to store blankets, suitcases, various items we don’t use all that often into one side of Annie’s wardrobe. It is a difficult space to access…
Poem Inspired by Autism Journey

Life moves fast when you have a child with special needs. As parents, we’re constantly motivating our children with Herculean efforts, affect, patience, problem-solving, and love, to move through another day…
Knowing When to Let Things Slide

Last week, my 24 year old son Matthew and I went on a trip to Chicago, a trip that he had been saving for for quite some time. As we were packing the day before, I remembered a passage from John Elder Robison's book B…