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Imperfect=Empathy

My daughter Meg puts a tremendous amount of pressure on herself. While she was growing up I always said I didn’t need to punish her much because she punished herself much harder than I ever could or...

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On Motherhood and Why I Didn’t Mourn an Asperger’s Diagnosis

All I knew for sure was I wanted to get pregnant. I REALLY wanted to get pregnant. It was like this compelling, hormone-driven need had over taken me. There was no reasoning with this need. It had to...

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You Need to Read This. Seriously, You Do

Okay, so yeah, I said you should read this article and seriously you should. Especially if you are the parent of a child with any kind of disability or difference you should read it. I liked this...

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A Very Funny View on Perspectives

I’ve been busier than normal lately, beeboppin’ around from project to project. High school graduation, college orientation, summer visitors. All good stuff. But when I go from this to that it’s hard...

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Taking Care of You, The Mother of a Special Needs Child, Is A Selfless Act

When I started this blog almost two years ago I mostly wrote about my son Ted and about Asperger’s and about my experiences raising a son with Asperger’s. And then I started writing about other stuff....

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Privilege, Classism, Oppression: On Why I Feel I Don’t Belong

I am thin so I have thin privilege. My dad was successful at making money so I have class privilege. My skin is white so I have white privilege. I stayed at home with my children so I have privilege....

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A Picture Says A Thousand Words An Autistic Child May Not Say

Evaluator in Chief, by blogger Ann Kilter is a post about a journal entry she wrote on December 23, 1991. On December 23, 1991, while my thoughts were filled with my infant son Teddy celebrating his...

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Beyond Arrogance and Ignorance: The Evil Thinking That Birthed “The...

Currently my tour of books on social history has lead me to The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan. I wanted to share specifically what I read this morning about “autism.” (In quotes as it was in the...

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You Know You Have A Child With Autism When…

You are enjoying the lovely photos on a decorating blog and thinking about nothing in particular other than admiring good design, and then you are shown the image of a beautiful nursery and rather than...

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“Do, Undo, Redo” In Construction and In Life

This morning, like the last 10 mornings, I sat in my big comfy reading chair I put in my new favorite spot. The chair’s new spot lets me look out my new french doors – 24 feet of windowed wonderfulness...

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