My son Alex graduated last year , at a  graduation ceremony designed for him which included family and past teachers as guests. I blurred th...

I've been thinking about how our  needs, wants, abilities and environment can direct our course in life. What we expect of ourselves an...

You have won my heart, Zappos.com .   Nope.  This is not a paid advertisement.  I don't do that.  I do, however, talk about prod...

I want a world where both my boys are valued . Yet, I seem to live in a world that would give my neurotypical son a heart transplant but no...

If you read this to the end you are probably family  OR you are a friend. Thank you for taking the time!   Where have I been? Why aren...

This week I went to a conference on Raising Aspirations for people with special needs who are transitioning from childhood to adulthood, a...

I told my son it's World Autism Day and he asked warily, "What does that mean?"   My answer for him and for our family......

I tried writing about autism on a separate blog .  But it was too separate.    If I didn't have a son with autism I probably wouldn...

For the past few days my "art" has been about family and taking photos on a mini-trip.  Boy meets beach.   The ...

My 20 Days of Wiping the Slate Clean took a different direction.  I thought it was all about getting some projects finished and gettin...

This is not about art, it's about autism .  But it IS part of my 20 Day Campaign of cleaning out - and this is about cleaning out ment...

One of my kids was sick yesterday and today so Day 11 has been about taking care of  my son and  other things.  I'm not gonna worry tha...

I have reconsidered some of what I have written about autism.  I think it's okay to say, "Hey, I said some things I wouldn't...

We took 573 pictures while in DC. Lucky for you, I've condensed the trip for you to a few. On the first day my older son and I we...

Today someone told my son it was Autism Awareness Day. His response was, "What does that have to do with anything???" Oh, the ...

I once went to a Women in Business seminar where the middle aged woman said, "A micro-business is a great way to use those middle of th...

Just before my son raced in the snowshoeing event this past Tuesday at Special Olympics he said, "Stopping is not an option, right...