Brick by the Numbers
‘I Wish I’d Known:’ A Brick Mom Looks Back At First Learning Of Her Son’s Autism
Eighteen years ago my then seventeen-month-old son went for a sick pediatrician’s visit, and I came out with several misprinted articles with “autism” in the title,...
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/ 3 years agoJust Breathe
Week Six of homeschooling complete. We have survived. The weeks have gone smoothly with my middle schooler. He is so used...
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/ 4 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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/ 6 years agoDear Soon-to-be-ex-case-manager
Dear Soon to be ex-Case Manager, The call from you came yesterday with that bland generic “my sons’ public school district’s”...
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/ 6 years agoAn Act of Kindness
A few weeks ago my mom and my eldest son, who has severe autism, went on one of their favorite outings-...
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/ 7 years agoExhale
An open letter to Zach’s teachers, specialists, paras, principals, child study teams (and the gazillion other professionals who helped make him...
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/ 7 years agoGrowing Up
This weekend a momentous event occurred, not one with trumpets and flashing lights, but momentous all the same. The truth is,...
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/ 8 years agoCycles
He grabs my sleeve for what seems the thousandth time today (and it’s only 11:00 AM), says his word approximation for...
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/ 8 years agoBrick By the Numbers, End of 2015 Edition: Recycling Way Up, Animal Control Bills Down
As township officials tally some of the statistics that make up life in Brick – and the municipal budget that makes...
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/ 8 years agoBrick Residents Recycling More Often, Township Spends Less on Landfill Costs
When Brick Township switched to automated recycling in 2013, one of the goals officials had in mind was reducing the township’s...