All posts tagged "autism acceptance"
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Brick Life
/ 6 months agoA Good Cause
Last weekend my nonprofit, HomeLife21, was fortunate enough to share in a fundraiser with two other organizations, HabCorps and Autism MVP,...
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Brick Life
/ 7 months agoYear of First Lasts.
Once again, the year of first lasts. Last field day with Justin. Last IEP meeting for Justin. Last graduation for Justin,...
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Brick Life
/ 11 months agoNew Year’s Evolution
Yesterday I saw a post on Facebook by a friend. It was an image of a cat kicking the number “2023”...
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Brick Life
/ 12 months agoJust Get Out
As I’ve mentioned before, this is a year of “lasts.” Two weeks ago, my family, including my aunt and my mother,...
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoHappy Halloween!
We walk over to my car after taking the required Halloween photos outside our front door, my twenty-year-old profoundly autistic son,...
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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 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
/ 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....