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Category Archives: Commentary
Making a Fuss About Jenny McCarthy–For All the Wrong Reasons
As you may or may not know, Jenny McCarthy will be replacing Joy Behar on the daytime talk show “The View.” This doesn’t sound like big news to me, but the internet has been ablaze with folks screaming about how … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Commentary, My Life
Tagged Adaptive Horseback Riding, Autism, Fear, Jenny McCarthy, Media, Research Funding, Rupert Issacson, Truth, Unplanned Life, Vaccines
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, Take 2
Two weeks ago I wrote about a photograph. It’s a standard class photo that shows a boy in a wheelchair seated off to the side, leaning over to get closer to his classmates. In a word, the photo says exclusion. … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Commentary, My Life
Tagged Advocacy, Autism, Inclusion, Sensory Integration, Special Needs, Unplanned Life
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Happy Independence Day! I’ve been thinking a lot about inclusion the past couple of weeks and the main reason has to do with a photo, a photo that isn’t of me, or my daughter Katie, or even of a child … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Commentary, My Life
Tagged Advocacy, Autism, Inclusion, Special Needs, Unplanned Life
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Thoughts on “Quiet Hands”
Despite what the New York Times and other critics say about memoir, I happen to love the genre—and not just because I write it myself. I love memoir because it grants me temporary access into someone else’s head. I learn … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Commentary, My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Autism, Memoir, Quiet Hands, Speech Delay, Therapy
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A Bitter Pill
Even now, more than five years after my daughter’s diagnosis, it’s a bitter pill to swallow. Why is autism still such a mystery? Why don’t we have more answers? Part of the problem is a lack of sufficient funding. In … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Commentary, My Life
Tagged Autism, Crisis, Diagnosis, Media, Research Funding
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A Slippery Legal Slope
A California lawsuit is working its way through the Santa Clara County court system that left me pretty much speechless when I learned of it. Two families are suing a third, claiming their autistic son is a public nuisance. At … Continue reading →