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The Value of Lived Experience
Autism clinicians bring essential expertise. But lived experience brings something more: context. Without that context, even the best professionals can miss what families really need. Keep reading →
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Imagine having to build a padded room in your home to keep your daughter safe. Keep reading →
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We visited her future group home this week. I wanted to hate it. No such luck. It was everything I could have wanted for my daughter, if I ever… Keep reading →
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I drive with my left hand on the wheel and my right on my daughter in the back seat. My husband scolds me for it. He can pound sand.… Keep reading →
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Autism consumes us, so much so that when non-autism trauma happens in our lives, it throws us. It pushes us to the very edge of our sanity. I haven’t… Keep reading →
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I return to this blog, like a long lost friend. Eager to see my fingers sweep across the keyboard. But where do I begin? Like that friend you haven’t… Keep reading →
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I had my ex-husband and his wife over the other night for wine, beer and charcuterie. This doesn’t happen often. In fact, it was the first time. But it… Keep reading →
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Lately I feel like there’s a clock counting down the days until Brielle is no longer living at home with me and my husband. Even though we have no… Keep reading →
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It was not until I became Brielle’s mama that I realized the incredible bond between mother and daughter. Don’t get me wrong, I love my son just as much.… Keep reading →
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Here’s a piece of advice for my fellow exhausted caregivers: don’t let it consume you. Acknowledge the stress, plan an hour or two or a whole day of stress-free… Keep reading →
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Bumps in the winding road. The next chapter begins. It’s the first few chapters of the next book, and it’s fitting. Our lives face a critical stage. For awhile… Keep reading →