I’m sure by now you’ve seen the numbers. If not, here they are: Data & Statistics Prevalence About 1 in 88 children has been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. [Read article] ASDs are reported to occur in all racial, ethinic, and … Continue reading »
Posted in March 2012 …
their what?
- All, Before I write anything else, I have to tell you that I am utterly overwhelmed by the response to yesterday’s post. Between the blog and Facebook, within twenty-four hours over ninety of you had taken the time to tell me what it meant to you, and for that, I am so grateful. Many … Continue reading »
D Day
* At brunch with family, October, 2005 I find that many of my friends remember the specific date upon which their child was diagnosed with autism. Many dread its anniversary, girding themselves for the PTSD that, to them, feels inevitable. I often hear those same parents refer to that day as D Day. Or The … Continue reading »
in her own words
* It all started when Brooke’s team leader was kind enough to walk us through the portfolio that she and Brooke have been working hard on putting together to present to the Massachusetts Department of Education for the MCAS-ALT. MCAS stands for Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, but it’s much better known to many special needs … Continue reading »
doing her part
Diary of a Mom Is there anything better than family who lets your kid blow out the candles on their cake? #Grateful Like · · Share · Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 10:21 pm . * The Bat Mitzvah girl spoke about how she planned to take on her responsibility as a newly minted adult in her community. She … Continue reading »
braver than you believe
* The note I left in Katie’s lunchbox this morning * Thank you. Thank you for reading. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for telling me your own stories in return. Thank you for never letting me forget that as isolating as this journey can be, neither I nor my children are on it alone. … Continue reading »
innocence lost – the siblings
* Katie and Brooke ~ Photo by Kathleen Connerton * Their innocence lost, they had to be braver and more generous than children should have to be. ~ Eustacia Cutler, speaking of her other children – Temple’s siblings. My heart is breaking. It’s too much tonight. These kids – these amazing little people – carry the … Continue reading »
like your kids live here
* I saw this sign the other day. And I thought, My God, this is genius. * And I wondered. What if we could litter the world with these? What if we could make signs that said ACT like your kids live here? Or, I don’t know, maybe – SPEAK like your kids live here … Continue reading »
mrs cutler part two of like a thousand because i (still) can’t imagine i’ll ever stop talking about it
Hey, you were warned As I said in yesterday’s post, I’d been scrambling throughout Mrs Cutler’s talk to capture her words on paper. Again and again, I found something that she had just said reverberating within the deepest part of me – dizzily spinning and vibrating and begging to be remembered. I desperately wished I’d … Continue reading »
mrs cutler – part one of like a thousand because i can’t imagine that i’m ever going to stop talking about this
Yours truly at lunch with Mrs Eustacia Cutler Fair warning ~ I might put this photo on every post from now until the end of time * “Hey, Brooke, want to know where Mama went today, baby?” She doesn’t look up or stop what she’s doing, but asks me a question in return. “Where did … Continue reading »
