Although I didn’t know it at the time, I began to follow in RBG’s footsteps by fighting first for my daughter’s educational rights and later for her inclusion in a mostly-unkind and intellectually narrow-minded world.
COVID-19 Vacation – Maine Instead of Spain
If only our life back home could remain equally peaceful, I’d imagine I had died and gone to heaven.
If only our life back home could remain equally peaceful, I’d imagine I had died and gone to heaven.
An Autism Mom’s Vacation Rules During Covid-19
Why didn’t I think of this 20 years ago?
Why didn’t I think of this 20 years ago?
Can We End Disability Concentration Camps?
Could there be a more hideous nightmare vision for any parent of a child with disabilities?
Could there be a more hideous nightmare vision for any parent of a child with disabilities?
Autism and Idioms
My daughter relies on idioms to support and adapt to her verbal challenges including word retrieval.
My daughter relies on idioms to support and adapt to her verbal challenges including word retrieval.
Love on the Spectrum
This is the real deal.
This is the real deal.
Covid-19: Oddities and Ends
Life is paradoxical and full of surprises.
Life is paradoxical and full of surprises.
Life Lived Backwards
Everyone must navigate life’s challenges and prioritize what is best for them at different times.
Everyone must navigate life’s challenges and prioritize what is best for them at different times.
Not Quite Independence Day 2020
I’m acutely aware that staying healthy is the best luck any of us can hope for.
I’m acutely aware that staying healthy is the best luck any of us can hope for.
Reopening New York City During the Coronavirus – Are We Safe?
As we bravely enter our new normal, each of us must decide whether the risks are worth the rewards. Stay home or go out?
As we bravely enter our new normal, each of us must decide whether the risks are worth the rewards. Stay home or go out?
Autism and Covid-19: Questions Without Answers
How much longer will each day feel like Groundhog Day?
How much longer will each day feel like Groundhog Day?
Autism, Racism and the Coronavirus
How does a privileged white mother explain to her autistic daughter about racism in America?
How does a privileged white mother explain to her autistic daughter about racism in America?
26 Lessons Learned by an Autism Mom During the Coronavirus
Peace and quiet are in short supply.
Peace and quiet are in short supply.
Zooming Daily and Going Nowhere
After Zooming, the rest of my day tends to go downhill.
After Zooming, the rest of my day tends to go downhill.
My Mother’s 93rd Birthday During the Coronavirus
After a “forbidden” hug goodbye, we blow air kisses through our masks from six feet away.
After a “forbidden” hug goodbye, we blow air kisses through our masks from six feet away.
Revelations During Coronavirus Confinement
At the end of every conversation with our son, I realize how lucky we are that nobody has any exciting news to report.
At the end of every conversation with our son, I realize how lucky we are that nobody has any exciting news to report.