Even though most ASD kids HATE change, ALL kids LOVE the idea of being a grown up, just like Mom and Dad.
About Marguerite Elisofon
Autism Families – Choosing Your Best Vacation Venue
Don’t be afraid to take your well-deserved vacation.
Don’t be afraid to take your well-deserved vacation.
Is it Politically Correct to Call People on the Spectrum Autistic?
As this year’s Autism Awareness Month begins, I wanted to bring attention to the impact labels and names can have on people with special needs.
As this year’s Autism Awareness Month begins, I wanted to bring attention to the impact labels and names can have on people with special needs.
Helping Your Autistic Child Navigate Romance
How could my daughter learn to build an intimate relationship when she couldn’t even get along with her neurotypical twin brother?
How could my daughter learn to build an intimate relationship when she couldn’t even get along with her neurotypical twin brother?
Autism in Love – Pioneer Country
What happens when children with autism grow up and yearn for adult lives of their own?
What happens when children with autism grow up and yearn for adult lives of their own?
Autism Parents – Is Self-Direction the Right Path?
I’m the warrior mom, the tireless advocate who always asks: how can I find a better way?
I’m the warrior mom, the tireless advocate who always asks: how can I find a better way?
Debating Autism and Neurodiversity
We must find new and better ways to listen to ALL people on the autistic spectrum —whether or not they can communicate in words.
We must find new and better ways to listen to ALL people on the autistic spectrum —whether or not they can communicate in words.
Double Feature: Different and the Same
If anyone had told me that my very different young adult twins would BOTH venture out of our nest into the movie business, I’d have said: “Impossible!”
If anyone had told me that my very different young adult twins would BOTH venture out of our nest into the movie business, I’d have said: “Impossible!”
Helping the Homeless vs. Political Prattle
Instead of allowing the chaotic avarice created by various “interest groups” contributing millions of dollars to campaigns where politicians give speeches about complicated problems that they hope will please their constituents, why not invest in concrete solutions?
Instead of allowing the chaotic avarice created by various “interest groups” contributing millions of dollars to campaigns where politicians give speeches about complicated problems that they hope will please their constituents, why not invest in concrete solutions?
Dying for Success
Until our society changes the way it evaluates human beings—from nursery school to adulthood—young people will literally continue dying for success.
Until our society changes the way it evaluates human beings—from nursery school to adulthood—young people will literally continue dying for success
Red Light, Green Light
Although progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of people on the autistic spectrum, many still fail to understand or appreciate the mix of strengths and weaknesses found in individuals with autism.
Although progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of people on the autistic spectrum, many still fail to understand or appreciate the mix of strengths and weaknesses found in individuals with autism.
Growing Old, Staying Young, and a Box of Rain
To quote the Grateful Dead, keep seeking “all that’s still unsung.”
To quote the Grateful Dead, keep seeking “all that’s still unsung.”
Understanding Non-Verbal Learning Disability
Those living with this disability need to be better understood, properly treated, socially engaged and ‘counted in'.
Those living with this disability need to be better understood, properly treated, socially engaged and ‘counted in’.
Hoping, Coping and Letting Go
For parents who happen to have a child with a disability, hope will only take you so far.
For parents who happen to have a child with a disability, hope will only take you so far.
Overcrowded Prisons – Nightmare Nests
If children and youth are our future, we need to find ways to set them free.
If children and youth are our future, we need to find ways to set them free.
A Change Worth Keeping
Wouldn’t the world be a much better place if more people told the truth?
Wouldn’t the world be a much better place if more people told the truth?