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To Whom it Does not Concern

You may not agree and you may not understand, but you also do not live this life. Your words play on every insecurity I have as a mother of a child like Sammy. But understand my drear. I don't make this happen, I d…
Yes we DO need diversity!

Websters Definition of Diversity: 1. The state or fact of being diverse. Difference. Unlikeness. 2. Variety. Multiformity. 3. A point of difference. Social diversity is the existence of multiple cultures and types of…
What's Your Child's Skill?

See that question in the title? It's a common and yet fairly ignorant question and I'll tell you why it's ignorant. It assumes that every child with autism has some savant super ability that puts them on a pedestal or…
Who Are We To Judge?

When I started the project ‘Autism Understanding and Acceptance’, I did it with the intentions of helping those without Autistic children to better understand and accept people with Autism as well as the p…
Autism Understanding and Acceptance - in Video Form

Sometimes a blog post just can’t properly convey how a conversation would go, so I decided to put together this little video as an example conversation between two parents. I’m quite happy with how it turned…
The Awesomeness of Autism

World Autism Awareness Day has come and gone with nary a post from me on the subject. I feel guilty, I should have said something, this whole blog seems to now be about Autism, although not so much raising awareness o…
Cure and Acceptance are bad words?

It’s no secret that the Autism community is quite divided on many topics and I’ve even written before about how easy it is to offend one side or another depending on what you say. For the last 4 months,…
Understanding, Acceptance & A Cure.

As I’ve sat staring off into space, trying to decipher my own thoughts, I’m watching my twitter feed. I’m watching an informative tweet turn to an argument and back to a (hopeful) discussion of unders…
The Way of Manners

Today, I'm taking time out from my learning-autism posts to gently suggest a reminder for parents of all children, autistic or not. I was speaking with a friend yesterday. She has children come to her house after…
Uniting the Autism Community

Autisable was launched in May of 2009 to help promote not only Awareness, but to provide a platform where people could share, connect and understand what dealing with Autism is all about on a daily basis. It's th…