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Autism: The Truth Rarely Mentioned
Road weary from the ride to Disney and hungrier than I can ever remember being as an adult, our party of six quickly descended upon the closest restaurant we could find near our hotel. We were fresh...
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The Different Faces of Autism
One day I think the “experts” are going to decide that the spectrum, being as broad as it is, may have been a little too vague. I think one day, years and maybe decades from now, they will better...
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The Oy Vey Moments of Parenting
The oy vey moments happen more often than you’d think… or maybe just more often than I am prepared for. Those moments when the kids say something that is the equivalent to an emotional sucker punch...
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Kindness Matters
It still happens. Whether it is my boy grabbing a beloved plastic snake at Michael’s and putting it right in a woman’s face to show her how pretty it is or him angrily displaying his distaste at an...
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The Pirates of Autism
Once upon a time I was not a pirate. Once upon a time I colored inside the lines. Once upon a time autism changed everything. Once upon a time I might have been more apt to follow others and be the...
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Superman is Autistic
I will admit I was not prepared. A good friend of mine, a man of steel himself (a fireman), assured me the new Superman movie was absolutely action packed from start to finish. Good to hear, I...
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Sitting Inside A Crater On The Moon
Standing in the hills above Kauai, just outside of Hanalei Bay, I took an emotional step back as I watched the scene in front of me begin to unfold. I breathed a deep breath as I watched her strap...
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Hands Up? Hands Down? YES.
I sat in church today and inevitably, as it always does, it started again. That dance she and I do. It must look comical to those who stand around us, beside and behind, who can see us. No one...
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That Deep-Breath-kind-of-day
Today I took my girl, my sixteen year old junior with the 4.5 GPA, on her first college tour. It was a two and a half hour drive away. My spectrum kiddo traveled with us since we were meeting some...
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Autism: Love? That’s Not Possible…Wait…Really?
Today a Wonder Soul asked if I really do love autism or if it’s just a show I put on to spray sunshine about. How can you love it, they asked, when it’s so hard? I know, I know…it sounds hoaky,...
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Today I Won The Superbowl! No, really. I DID.
Today, I was in the drop off line. The drop off line, my friends. THAT place that was once both coveted and dreaded. Sounds simple, right? Yeah, I know…and it even sounds trite but, if you haven’t...
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Autism: Rule #1
In all honesty, there really are a lot of things to know and learn about autism. Clearly, after more than a decade of navigating the autism learning process, I will freely admit, I’m still learning....
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Run, Josh….RUN!
Today, Wonder Souls, is a special day. Truly, a spectacular day by anyone’s measure and let me say, first off, this is not an autism related post. Once upon a time, back in 2009, a young man was in...
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Settling In To The Land of What If….?
IEP meetings are not my happy place so it almost goes without saying that transition IEP meetings are that same kind of not-happy-place for me but to the exponential power of something like at least...
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On the Bright Side
I get that not everyone sees autism as a blessing. I don’t agree necessarily but I get it and I believe everyone feels what they feel based on their own experience. For me, I can only speak for our...
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