“One in Fifty” Hits Home, Autism Comes to the Family Reunion

When I first heard that one in fifty school age children were ...

Four Donut Days

  Four-Donut Days To say life has been hectic lately is like ...

Mosaic

“Mosaic”   Ever wish you could express your turbulent feelings about the special ...

Techno- Wuss

I’m intimidated by technology. The confession shames me. I have a blog, obviously, and a Facebook Professional page. I’m LinkedIN, I’ve almost mastered texting, and I used to Tweet. But, truth be told, I’m tentative about everything other than email. I can post blogs, with a picture, without referring to the written instructions anymore. Most […]

Conference Funnies

I picked these up at a conference I spoke at recently: BUT WHAT TYPE OF POUND CAKE WAS IT? (From a lady with Asperger’s Syndrome) “A friend talked me into going with her to visit a friend of hers. I didn’t really want to go- I was hungry, but she dragged me with her. So […]

Free Cats- Matched Set

One of my recent Facebook posts: Free to anyone who will take them (not really): 2 cats, matched set. I’m not sure which cat did what, so both of them have earned my ire. Last night while I peacefully slept, these feline terrorists ran amok. Somekitty upchucked her designer catfood (which they demand voraciously and […]

Special Treasure- Brett!

Brett, aged 15, is the youngest child in a family of six awesome kids who adore their brother Bretty. Brett and his family don’t let autism stop him from enjoying a fun, full life. A good athlete, Brett swims like a champ, does cheer/tumbling, plays tennis, and hikes on the weekends with his social group. […]

Autism vs. Diabetes and Teenage Obesity: An Apples to Aardvark Comparison

What, you may be asking, do autism, diabetes, and obesity have in common? Nothing much, which is why I’m blogging. I don’t do rants, but this could come close. I recently read a study which tried to proved that, although autism now effects 1 in 88 children, and costs the average family over $5 million […]

The Peel

THE PEEL I’m not aging as gracefully as I’d like. This isn’t a comforting thought to someone now doing a good bit of speaking, in a culture where 50 is the new 30. So I was intrigued when I was invited to a “peel party,” where a registered n dermatologist’s nurse would give light chemical […]