Stories By Kimberlee Rutan McCafferty
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoRaining On My Parade
So yesterday, it rained on our parade. A fundraiser for our non-profit, HomeLife21, HabCore, and Autism MVP at the Dublin...
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoFirst Lasts
Call this the summer of “first lasts.” My son Justin, who is twenty, profoundly autistic and non-verbal, will graduate from his...
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoHomeLife21, Autism MVP, and HabCore fundraiser at the Dublin House
Nineteen years ago this fall, I took my toddler to his pediatrician for a scrip for reflux. I walked out of...
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoThe Long Goodbye
He sits casually on a couch in the hot, humid lounge area of his dormitory, my sixteen-year-old son with mild autism...
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoAutistic Adult Day Programs
June 14th, 2023. Not an important date for the world, just graduation day for my then twenty-one-year-old, profoundly autistic son. The...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoHelp with Daily Living Skills
“Come on buddy, you can do it” says our Registered Behavior Technician in-training (RBT), as he gestures back to the picture...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoBirthday Boy
You’re turning twenty today. I still find it impossible that you now tower over me, but at my 5’1” height, maybe...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoYin and Yang: Preparing A Teen With Autism to Head to College
FAFSA. Pell Grant. College Prep company. One hundred and thirty colleges and universities represented. Day habilitation. Support Coordination agencies. Vocational training....
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Brick Life
/ 2 years ago‘Don’t Wait:’ A Brick Mom Shares Her Story of Learning About Her Son’s Autism
When my eldest son was an infant, he rarely slept, and if then for short periods of time. We had such...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoThe Waiting Game
I am not good at waiting. When my profoundly autistic son was a baby, I started having concerns about his development...