Brielle’s Voice: Stories From the Autism Spectrum

  • 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 →

    The Value of Lived Experience

  • A New Year of Possibilities

    The year began with a celebration at our house with friends made over the past few years. Friends who understand me and have gotten to know me better than… Keep reading →

  • Quiet Moments

    It’s moments like these that I’m so thankful for. A minute every morning to watch my girl wake from her slumber. A minute to stare at her beauty. A… Keep reading →

  • Skidding

    Skidding

    This was written a few months ago. Took me a while to hit the publish button. I can’t be anything but myself. I have lost the ability to put… Keep reading →

  • Damn Poop

    Damn Poop

    Poop is going to be the end of me. It’s also going to be the topic of this post, so if you’re queasy, be warned. Poop is the cause… Keep reading →

  • Midnight Sharp

    Just like you, I wanted to be on time. Nineteen years ago, exactly, my water broke. At midnight, on my due date. Sixteen hours later, my first child, my… Keep reading →

  • Way Too Long

    Way Too Long

    I don’t know what happens. One week I’m writing every day, and then I come to a point where I don’t know what I want to say. I mean,… Keep reading →

  • All By Herself

    All By Herself

    I was in the bathroom with Bree the other night. We were out to dinner at a nice restaurant for Mother’s Day. It was probably the fifth time we… Keep reading →

  • Guiding lights

    Guiding lights

    This is the post I should have written so long ago. This is the post about the most beautiful women in the world. I’m not exaggerating when I say… Keep reading →

  • A Step Above the Rest

    A Step Above the Rest

    I would not be able to forgive myself if I ended April without a blog post about my other half. He has been in my life and my kids’… Keep reading →

  • I heard “Easy Silence,” a Dixie Chicks song, the other day in the car and I thought of my baby. She’s been away this week at her dad’s house.… Keep reading →

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