My 20 Days of Wiping the Slate Clean took a different direction. I thought it was all about getting some projects finished and getting some things cleaned out. But I have been consumed with reading a dialogue between parents and adults with autism here. I can't really express all that I am thinking and feeling here on this blog - it's supposed to be about my art, y'know. But reading these dialogues has been challenging some of my viewpoints about autism. I've been the parent of a child with autism for a long time, but we can always learn and grow. And one of the very reasons I am an artist flows out of being the mother of a child with autism. In future, I'm going to talk about family issues in a different place, but if someone learns about autism here, that's great, too.
I've put some links about autism back here on this blog in the sidebar. I have a links blog I made because my own blog was so decorated with links to other sites it was hard to find my own content here. So I gave them their own home.
New Diagnosis of Autism?
If your child is newly diagnosed, then you should go here to a post on Autism Speaks about new diagnosis and here to learn how to avoid falling into an autism cult. Here is a link to a therapist I respect greatly who has some resources online.
3 comments:
I look forward to watching the Cozy Room Project develop. :~)
Me,too! We need some LARGE ART.
Missed it!
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