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Accepting Ourselves So We Can Accept Others
Accepting myself has been an ongoing process and it began well before I became a parent and got married. It began more than seventeen years ago when I was flailing about, bulimic, unable to stop using...
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Where There’s Anger There’s Fear
It’s taken me decades to figure out that whenever I am angry, fear is lurking. All kinds of people talk about the association between anger and fear, but it was not a thought I was able to appreciate....
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The Magic of Connection
At a certain point during Richard’s radio show the other night, where he was featuring Moms, he asked me about those years when we were determined to find a cure for our daughter. I didn’t want to...
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From Cure to Celebration
Yesterday Richard wrote a wonderful post on his blog entitled ~ Happy Father’s Day. In it he talks about being a father and how having children has changed him and his life. He ends the post with,...
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There Once Was A Girl (Cont’d)
The first part is ‘here‘. This woman, who was once a girl, learned a great many things once she stopped trying not to feel. This was a huge surprise to her as she believed she already knew a great...
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“There is Wisdom in the Echo Silence Makes”
“I want to talk about autism, but I am dear-like because badly needed information is angering. Assuring many people understand about neurology they do not have is difficult. I want the world to have...
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Awareness Sucks
Today I wanted to do a companion post to yesterday’s “Emma Discusses – Awareness“, with a post entitled, “Emma Discusses – Acceptance”. I love when Emma tells me to put something she’s written on the...
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A Researcher Asks…
I speak with a researcher who says, “we need to hear the pain and needs of the parents of individuals affected by the disorder.” She goes on to say, “Nobody else can know better what the needs of the...
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Raging Screams and Shame
"As I watched this conversation unfold I was struck, once again, by the disconnect between what most of the world believes about autism and Autistic people and the reality." Continue reading →
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Don’t Be Blue
Mom prepares me, but nothing can inoculate fear colored blue masked in lights, shining brightly. The terror seeps through. Awareness disguised as tolerance is not the same as love. An uneasy embrace...
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