Stories By Kimberlee Rutan McCafferty
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoThe Bright Side: Navigating a Fender Bender With A Teen With Autism
Crunch. I am briefly slammed forward, my purse thrown to the floor of my car. I look quickly behind me but...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoStatus Quo
I haven’t written about this in a while, but a few years ago I came up with the idea of getting...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoAsk for Help: A Teen With Autism Deals With An Injury And Works to Overcome It
It’s been six weeks since my fifteen-year-old son broke his hip at school in PE class, and the dust is just...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoFreedom
I know, it’s been forever. And I apologize. So much has happened in the last few weeks that it will take...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoAt the Boardwalk: Sharing Shore Love With My Teen With Autism
This week in the 90-something degree heat (I’m a glutton for punishment) I took my nineteen-year-old severely autistic son to our...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoBirthday Boy
Dear Justin, How is it possible in a few days you will be nineteen? Not a huge birthday like eighteen was...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years ago‘Off To Camp We Go!:’ A Brick Mom Finds Summer Plans for Her Teen With Autism
The letter was stuck amongst a bunch of bills, but as soon as I saw the name on the envelope...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoAutism Awareness Month: A Brick Mom’s List of Tips for Parents of Children With Autism
Recently I had the good fortune to be contacted by a freelance producer for the Fox and ABC news affiliate in...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoSpreading ‘Awesome’ Autism Awareness During a Trip to the Dentist’s Office
It happened so quickly if I hadn’t been paying attention I would have missed it. This week I took my eighteen-year-old...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years ago‘Keep an Open Mind:’ Why We Moved to Brick After Our Son’s Autism Diagnosis
Sixteen years ago this winter my husband and I and our then two-and-a-half year old severely autistic son moved from Northern...