Stories By Kimberlee Rutan McCafferty
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoExtreme Travel and Autism
Every once in a while I get asked to write a piece which highlights the accomplishments of families with autistic kids....
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoNot Enough
A month or so ago I posted a piece on the Autism Speaks website for Mother’s Day entitled “Ten Things I’ve...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoBirthday Joy
It’s a pretty tableau. My son sits among strewn tissue and wrapping paper, claiming his prize, his birthday presents. I watch...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoAutism Speaks’ Housing Initiative
I have a son. A beautiful, smart, kind and severely autistic son. A boy who emits volumes with his eyes, but...
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Brick Life
/ 10 years agoWedding Vows
Eleven years ago this fall my husband Jeff and I made our official debut into the world of autism, when our...
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Brick Life
/ 10 years agoBirthday Boy
My boy turns twelve tomorrow. It was just yesterday I held you in my arms, curled like a comma into my...
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Brick Life
/ 10 years agoTen Things to Tell a Special Needs Mom
Eleven years ago my husband and I entered a developmental pediatrician’s office with our then seventeen-month-old son, Justin. We were...
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Brick Life
/ 10 years agoInto the Woods
This past weekend, yours truly, the official “girly-girl,” roughed it in the woods of Allaire and went camping. By camping...
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/ 10 years agoParents of Autistic Children (POAC) Walk-a-thon
I love POAC (Parents of Autistic Children, Brick NJ.) I’ll have you know that for me to say I love something...
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/ 10 years agoSomeone Special Needs You
Ed. Note: Someone Special Needs You (SSNY) is having their annual walk on Saturday June 6th from 9:00 to noon at...