All posts tagged "autism acceptance"
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Brick Life
/ 7 years agoMeet Him Where He Is
Another April 30th, another Autism Awareness Month in the can. I know a lot of people have an issue with this...
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Brick Life
/ 7 years agoThe Other Shoe
His “eees” resound throughout the living room, punctuated by small silences that make me look anxiously toward him and gratefully away...
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Brick Life
/ 7 years agoMake New Friends
Last night I snuck out of my house on a Sunday night, left the kids to my husband, and had a...
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Brick Life
/ 7 years agoJust Get Help
Ah, the silence. It is the first day back after spring break, and I am reveling in the absence of sound,...
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Brick Life
/ 7 years agoWorld Autism Awareness Day
In just a few short weeks it will be fifteen years since my severely autistic son came into the world and...
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Brick Life
/ 7 years agoPractice What You Preach
For the last five months we’ve been watching our severely autistic son have “episodes,” interludes in which he bends over at...
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Brick Life
/ 7 years agoHope Part Two
My heart hears the sounds first. For five months I’ve been longing to hear his vocal stims, that eternal “eeeee” which...
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Brick Life
/ 7 years agoHope
It’s now month five of watching Justin struggle with his “episodes,” and after ruling out seizures and tumors and mitochondrial disorder...
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Brick Life
/ 7 years agoLove
I love you, my two littlest loves. To my eldest, I love you for your courage, your kindness for your affectionate...
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Brick Life
/ 7 years agoBack to Normal
He gently snores in recovery as I adjust the blankets around his bare shoulder, the rough cotton gown that afforded him...