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A while ago, I went through the very long process of changing the girls’ real names to pseudonyms on the blog. I felt that it was important to try to restore their online anonymity to whatever degree I could. In an effort to maintain both their safety and their privacy, I ask that if you know their real names and/ or where we live, that you do not make reference to either in your comments on Diary or any public forum related to Diary. Any such references will be hastily removed.
Thank you.
I call my family by nic-names on one of my blogs but on my main blog I don’t….
I hadn’t really considered “privacy” or “safety”
Perhaps I should…
Email me your thoughts on your decision? Please? It might help me reason out changing my blog names and also my banner (which lists our names under it)
With everything linked to my facebook and all my info on there…. I guess it didn’t seem important.
Now I wonder. =/
Comment by Donna Michelle — March 31, 2011 @ 12:00 am |
donna, first and foremost it’s a matter of safety. i just didn’t feel comfortable with so much information out there about my kids along with their full names and images. in today’s day and age, it began to feel reckless. the blog had begun as a very personal thing – the audience was very small and mostly friends and family. but it has since spun into something completely different. with thousands of people reading it, i can no longer feel comfortable disclosing so much about my kids publicly. they are also getting to the age where they (and their friends!) become internet savvy. i couldn’t stand the thought that if a friend googled katie’s name, they’d have intimate details of her life in front of them. just didn’t feel right for me. hope that helps!
Comment by jess — March 31, 2011 @ 3:57 am |
Hi Jess-
I got hooked on your blog months ago by a friend, and I am amazed at all you do for BOTH your beautiful girls every day. And I know the blog is being modest. I cannot imagine your daily routine keeping everything going. I was wondering if you ever thought about turning the blog into a book? Complete with name changes and everything. I didn’t know if was feasible for you, as I know your family’s privacy is very important, but if you ever have the urge, I think you have the makings of an amazing author! Thank you for this blog. I do not have a child with autism, but I am a teacher, and it just brings that much more clarity into my understanding of autism. Your blog is your “blue hair”! Thank you!
Comment by Jaime Estee — November 16, 2011 @ 7:45 pm |
thanks so much, jaime! i’d love to create a book at some point, but i’m just not sure what shape it would take yet. i think it will kind of present itself when the time is right
thx for the kind words.
Comment by jess — November 16, 2011 @ 9:08 pm |
I am with you on this one.That is why the names of my children have been changed to protect the innocent, especially as they try to find jobs in our community. My brother and his family all have their full names on Facebook; something which I have said to him is a bad idea. My children have made up last names on Facebook and so do I.
Autism makes our children more vulnerable than most.
Comment by Ann Kilter — March 14, 2012 @ 6:29 am |