Stop Saying Everyone Is “On The Spectrum” My daughter’s autistic behaviors were recognizable fairly early. She was delayed in meeting all of her milestones. Her speech came…
What Infant Loss Feels Like, Over Ten Years Later Fourteen years ago I was searching for the first of many online support groups I would join over the years…
I Hate When My Family Asks Me What I’m Making For Dinner We just got home from an afternoon of errands. New shoes for the child whose feet I swear needed new…
Your Child With Autism Is 18…Now What? You know those movies where the family gets dropped off at what they think is going to be some amazing…
Autism Moms: The World Is Not Ready For Our Kids to Grow Up Although I still have a house full of young ones, my oldest daughter is about to turn 24. She was…
How To Survive The Holidays After Losing A Baby Here's what works for me year after year. Maybe some of it will help you, too.
How To Be a Math Teacher Whether You Want To Or Not Suddenly the whole world is homeschooling whether they want to be or not. I chose the homeschooling path for my…
How to Help Your Child With Autism Through Quarantine I’ll be honest, it’s taken me weeks to write this article. As an autism parent, I’ve been searching for resources…
We’re Going To Be Broke Until Our Kids Grow Up And That’s Okay Before I got pregnant I fully intended to work through my pregnancy, take a short maternity leave then head back…
We Tried Hybrid Homeschooling And Here’s What Happened Our family is what you would call “accidental homeschoolers.” It was never our plan to educate our children at home.…