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.
About Marguerite Elisofon
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?
Muzzled Moms in the New Millennium
We’re still American women and the first amendment belongs to us too.
We’re still American women and the first amendment belongs to us too.
Powers of Persuasion
Are you a compelling person?
Are you a compelling person?
Birthday Bounty
If I want to reinvent myself—as all empty nesters must—then NOW is the time.
If I want to reinvent myself—as all empty nesters must—then NOW is the time.
Making the Best of New Year’s Resolutions
Perhaps if we each make a tiny bit of progress, spreading a little more love and happiness around, there will be a slow but positive ripple effect in the world?
Perhaps if we each make a tiny bit of progress, spreading a little more love and happiness around, there will be a slow but positive ripple effect in the world?
Buried Treasures
We all plan our paths, and then life hijacks us in new directions.
We all plan our paths, and then life hijacks us in new directions.
Feminism – The Sound and Fury
As mothers we can teach our girls AND boys to love and respect each other as equals from the moment they leave our womb.
As mothers we can teach our girls AND boys to love and respect each other as equals from the moment they leave our womb.
Acceptance
It’s difficult for me to “accept” that my child on the spectrum will never be fully independent; especially since independence is what she yearned for since she was a little girl.
It’s difficult for me to “accept” that my child on the spectrum will never be fully independent; especially since independence is what she yearned for since she was a little girl.
Maybe Next Year
I don’t need gifts this holiday season. What I want is for my sweet, hard-working child on the spectrum is to find a paying job.
I don’t need gifts this holiday season. What I want is for my sweet, hard-working child on the spectrum is to find a paying job.
Empty Nest Dads
The question of whether dads grieve more than moms over an empty nest is impossible to answer.
The question of whether dads grieve more than moms over an empty nest is impossible to answer.
Reinvented Lives
A round of applause for late bloomers, please!
A round of applause for late bloomers, please!