Posted in autism, life, parenthood, tagged autism awareness, autistic, children, neurodiversity on April 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
They say if you’ve seen one person with autism…you’ve seen one person with autism.
Now you’ve seen two–AND Ditto Boy. Talk about neurodiversity…
Posted in autism, divorce, life, parenthood, tagged children, empty nest, exchange student, generation, stepchildren, women on March 24, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I was reading this article on empty nests, and it seems experts find this less an issue these days. I suspect that has something to do with the fact that women are no longer relegated to housewife status, and many of us have outside interests to pursue full-time once the children move out.
Ah, there’s the [...]
Posted in autism, life, parenthood, tagged abandon, abuse, children, parental rights, rebel, respite, special kid, termination on March 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’ve probably attended a dozen court hearings at which parents’ rights to their children were terminated. Some of these parents have been my clients. From an objective third-party point of view, the children may be better off. The children probably don’t think so; these are their parents, after all, for good or bad. Many abused [...]
Posted in autism, life, parenthood, tagged AA, alcoholic, autistic, children, education, recovery, serenity prayer on March 4, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Sometimes, in talking to people, their eyes glaze over, and I can almost hear them thinking, “Is she on to that autism thing again?”
I confess, I talk about it a lot. I talk about it to clients, many of whom face autism in their own children. I talk about it to colleagues while we’re waiting [...]
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