the secret

~ Ed note: You might recall that yesterday’s post began with a note that said, Three magical things happened that night — the first you’ve already read about, of course, but there were two more. and the first of those started with nothing but a phone call. This, my friends, was the third …  THE BACK … Continue reading »

stepping into the void

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~ Following the horrific shooting in an Aurora Colorado movie theater in July, Joe Scarborough made the outrageous … Continue reading »

responding to fear with facts

~ – Right in the middle of the comments on that post tonight was this one. “It’s not a myth and you know it. It may not be the case with your child but a huge majority lack that feeling for others and themselves while being oddly disconnected and at the same time brilliant. We … Continue reading »

Dear Ms Bazelon

– THE BACK STORY – * Ms Bazelon, As the mother of an autistic daughter, I watched your TEDx talk with great interest. After seeing it, I have some serious concerns about your remarks. Although I have no doubt that you have the best of intentions and sincerely want to help shine a light on … Continue reading »

empathy explored – and ignored

Last Tuesday, journalist and author Emily Bazelon gave a talk on girls and autism at TEDxWomen 2012. The link to the video of her talk found its way into my inbox three different times last week. Each time, the sender asked some version of the same question – “What do you think of this?” Each … Continue reading »

how to make the world a better place – by jess

* Ed note: I try really hard to keep things clean around here. I know it’s a family show, after all, and the language should therefore be family friendly. Sometimes, however, a girl’s just gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. And today, this girl’s just gotta curse.  I tried to write this post using … Continue reading »

kate

The Wilson gang plus one Oh, the things I’ve been wanting to tell you … They’ve been piling up. Electronic notes on that lined yellow papery looking app-y thingy on my iPhone. Scraps. Thoughts. Stories. The piles get too high. Like Kate! Oh my gosh, I’ve been wanting to tell you about Kate. About the … Continue reading »

i love being my own autistic self

~ * So I’ve had a bit of a problem. You see, my friend, Landon Bryce, the author of ThAutcast and its wildly popular accompanying Facebook page, wrote a little book. I call it ‘little’ only because it’s short – and a very quick read. But believe me when I tell you, that it’s actually … Continue reading »

back to school

* I have a post brewing, my friends. A big one. A really sort of terrifying one. One that – as desperately as I want to write it THISVERYSECOND – demands, and deserves, far more than the eight minutes that I have right now to write it. So it will have to continue to simmer … Continue reading »

luck2tuck – hammer down

  Act as if what you do makes a difference.  It does.   ~William James I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.   ~ Edward Everett Hale Have you ever … Continue reading »