Tag Archives: Autism

What It’s Like to Live with Autism
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Posted on October 10, 2013 by

People ask me all the time what it’s like to live with an autistic child. Crazy, I tell them. It’s a lttle crazy. My child is like a Husky in human form. They always laugh. The truth is I was … Continue reading →

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Structure’s Slippery Slope
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Posted on October 3, 2013 by

This summer, due to an electrical service upgrade, my house was without power on an intermittent basis. Sometimes it was off for only 30 minutes; sometimes most of the day. Sometimes the power company would send a letter telling us … Continue reading →

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Update on Publication in Special Needs Anthology
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Posted on September 22, 2013 by

Back in June I learned that one of my stories had been accepted for publication in a yet-to-be-named anthology for special needs moms. The anthology now has a name: Monday Coffee & Other Stories of Mothering Children with Special Needs. … Continue reading →

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Separation Anxiety
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Posted on September 19, 2013 by

Lately Katie has been struggling with what I can only call separation anxiety. This is a bit odd as she has always detached from me quite easily. Even at age three, when she transitioned into the autism program in my … Continue reading →

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What Happened to August?
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Posted on September 12, 2013 by

Sometimes I find that as a special needs parent I focus so much on what needs to be done in the future, that I often lose track of how far we’ve come. I was given a little reminder this past … Continue reading →

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The Sweet Life
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Posted on August 22, 2013 by

Apparently between my posts on inclusion, the one on stealth grief, the sixth and final installment of the insensitive autism comments, plus the post on how sometimes shit just happens, I have inadvertently given people the idea that I’m in … Continue reading →

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A Battle of Wills
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Posted on August 15, 2013 by

Lately it seems Katie and I have been locked in a battle of wills. For hours, or even days, our lives will run smoothly and I will congratulate myself that all our hard work and effort are finally paying off. … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Shit Just Happens
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Posted on August 1, 2013 by

It’s summer, and if you are the parent of an autistic child that means you worry about drowning. Even without an autistic child, I’d probably fret about drowning. My aunt drowned as a toddler, and since then, drowning has been … Continue reading →

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Stealth Grief
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Posted on July 25, 2013 by

I’ve been rather sad, on and off, the past several weeks—and not because summer school ended much too soon this year (as in, today). No, this was a reappearance of something I call “stealth grief.” This is how stealth grief … Continue reading →

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Making a Fuss About Jenny McCarthy–For All the Wrong Reasons
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Posted on July 20, 2013 by

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 →

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