We Go With Him

A lot of the posts I write at Care2.com don't have a ton to do with Charlie or autism but two I wrote today that... Read more →

I started writing the earliest incarnation of this blog, then titled My Son Has Autism, back in June of 2005. Though this blog has changed... Read more →

This was going to be a thoughtful and meditative post about how blogging as a phenomenon has changed over the years (i.e., random musings after... Read more →

I have added a list of blog-friends, Fellow Travelers & Commadres in Autismland, over in the right sidebar-->. I linked to some of your blogs... Read more →

20 years ago I took my first train ride into Manhattan. On reaching the city, as the train pulled out of the tunnel, I got... Read more →

I've been doing some blog upkeep/redesign and letting my inner geek indulge itself. I changed the banner photo from this to this and have been... Read more →

It's here! Gravity Pulls You In: Perspectives on Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum, edited by Kyra Anderson and Vicki Forman, just published by Woodbine... Read more →

I wrote about the retracted Lancet study by Wakefield et al. and about restraints and seclusion over at Care2.com (though the latter post may not... Read more →

This post is about the difficulties of writing about something very difficult, self-injurious behavior and, specifically, head-banging. Things which I, prior to having lived through... Read more →

Jim always tries to stay one step ahead of Charlie's growing feet by making sure we order the next size up in black nubuck Merrells.... Read more →

"If you've met one autistic child, you've met one autistic child." It's a statement that's totally impossible to disagree with. I've certainly said it, or... Read more →

(Originally published 3 January 2009, 11:16:00 UTV, at Change.org) It seems that our list of autism controversies is proving to be, well, controversial and, in... Read more →

Long time, no post here, I know......... Now that I have finished my spring semester teaching (and I have some weeks to go before teaching... Read more →

Brooklyn Reading Works is pleased to present mom-bloggers, Autism's Edges and Autismland on April 19th at 8 p.m. at The Old Stone House at Fifth... Read more →

Well I really don't know what to say. It has been a while---two months----since I stopped writing here. We're still living well in Autismland: Most... Read more →

About two weeks ago---the day a winter storm coated the roads in ice and slush---my computer screen froze in the midst of loading my homepage.... Read more →

When one parent of autistic child meets another parent of an autistic child, there is an instant bond. You and the other parent may have... Read more →

As much as I was excited to start writing another autism blog back in April, I had a few hesitations, namely, what more did I... Read more →

I went to have coffee with some of the parents in our school district last night. Most of their children were not yet five years... Read more →

Last Monday, the 3rd of July, I wrote that, after, writing daily about Charlie on Autismland for just over a year, I was going to... Read more →