All posts tagged "autism"
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoComing Home
He steps off the bus and rushes to the sidewalk, making one of his trademark vocal stims as he goes. I...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoDisney Fun
Last week I had the pleasure of spending a few days at Disney with my family during New Jersey’s NJEA...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoA Good Place
This past week I had Justin’s fourteenth (!) IEP meeting at his wonderful autism school, and as I looked around the...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoA Parent’s Autism Story: ‘When Did You Know?’
“When did you know?” It’s a question that I’ve been asked several times since my eldest son Justin’s autism diagnosis fifteen...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoMake New Friends
This past week I had Justin’s fourteenth (!) IEP meeting at his wonderful autism school, and as I looked around...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoMake New Friends
This past week I had Justin’s fourteenth (!) IEP meeting at his wonderful autism school, and as I looked around the...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoRespite
I almost missed the email regarding overnight respite as I was rushing around on a busy Saturday. It was from Justin’s...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoHelp Yourself
Two years ago this fall my husband and I watched in horror as our non-verbal sixteen-year-old son with severe autism and...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoLife After Twenty-One
Last week I had the opportunity to have breakfast with two lovely women, both of whom have children in Justin’s school....
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoHiatus
It’s 6:00 AM, and I can already hear the “thump,thump,thump” of Justin’s glider and his accompanying vocal stims as the morning...