Stories By Kimberlee Rutan McCafferty
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoMake New Friends
This past week I had Justin’s fourteenth (!) IEP meeting at his wonderful autism school, and as I looked around the...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoRespite
I almost missed the email regarding overnight respite as I was rushing around on a busy Saturday. It was from Justin’s...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoHelp Yourself
Two years ago this fall my husband and I watched in horror as our non-verbal sixteen-year-old son with severe autism and...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoLife After Twenty-One
Last week I had the opportunity to have breakfast with two lovely women, both of whom have children in Justin’s school....
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoMay the Force Be With You
On a Thursday night not too long ago I watched as my youngest son gleefully posed for pictures with Kylo Ren...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoHiatus
It’s 6:00 AM, and I can already hear the “thump,thump,thump” of Justin’s glider and his accompanying vocal stims as the morning...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoWatch Your Words
It was a walk we’ve taken dozens of times since we moved here thirteen years ago, my sixteen-year-old severely autistic son...
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Brick by the Numbers
/ 5 years agoSummer Dreams
Every morning this past week I pulled up bright and early to the Monmouth County Therapeutic Recreation Camp at the Dorbrook...
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Brick Life
/ 6 years agoThank You to Veterans Memorial Middle School
To Mrs. Stockhoff, Mrs. Caruso, Mrs. Reilly, Ms. Estelle, Ms. Bearse, Ms. Byrne, Ms. Clinton, and Ms. Berry at Veterans Memorial...
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Brick Life
/ 6 years agoSomeone Special Needs You Annual Walk
Twelve years ago this fall, when my severely autistic boy was four, a flier came home from school in his backpack....