This morning I decided to pick off the lint balls, one by one, off of Malc’s favorite soft green zip up sweater jacket. There were...

After becoming a mother of two autistic boys, there’s not another word that gets me more angry than the ‘r’ word. You know what the ‘r’...

My son, Teo, as we were laying under the heavy linen blanket on my bed, lullaby music playing to the images of swimming sea creatures,...

There is a beauty in the chaos and stillness after a storm has ended. The air smells fresh, clean, and renewed. The earth seems still and...

Since the beginning of this autism journey I have often wondered if Malc and Teo will find their “tribe” will they ever feel like they...

Teo is big, black, and autistic - I worry every day about how he is perceived in this world. He is only nine years old and he is taller...

I am raising two autistic boys. Not one, but two. How did that happen? How did I birth two autistic humans? Well there are many...

It was my last week at my job I had been at for almost a decade and the founder stopped by my desk to give me a gift and say good-bye. ...

Trying something new can be difficult for any of us, but can especially be difficult for my boys. In the last year while homeschooling...

Sometimes all it takes is a disruption in the frequency. Well that's what I tell myself, anyways. Like a radio frequency. When the...

I read somewhere that the Māori word for autism is Takiwātanga which means “my/his/her own time and space”. The Māori are the indigenous...

Teo just told me he has a headache, and I’m so excited! Such a weird thing to be excited about, right? Teo, after a thirty minute melt...

Non-verbal is a funny term, funny in like doesn’t truly describe an autistic child that has limited language. They might not verbalize...

I never thought that taking my boys to a playground could be so heartbreaking, but it is. Today was no different. Today I took Malc to a...

It’s true, time flies by so fast, in a blink of an eye my son Teo is nine years old. It was nine years ago, yesterday, I woke up at 6...

There’s a myth in the autism community, our kiddos aren’t social. That’s not true. What’s true is that they have a harder time finding...

Today Malc had his first official swim lesson at an official swim school! He was even excited about it, repeating “swim school class!” ...

A friend of mine said to me, after we hung out for the first time in twenty years, “Your son will not be with you till he is grown. You...

I finally had a conversation with Malc's team, his teacher and Special Education supervisor, about what he can do, and it felt so good....

Thank you to the lady who stopped to enjoy my son's joy. You don't know how many times my son and I have sat in this spot and we get...