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In 2007, I was working for a travel company coordinating group vacations. I spent a good amount of time with each group, working on hotel choices, planning activities, coordinating flights, and getting to know the travelers. I happened to have … Continue reading
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Calling All Houston Thinkers! Get your shopping shoes on and head to Katy (a western suburb of Houston for ya’ll that aren’t locals!) for an amazing event hosted by Patti Devlin, this weekend Saturday, December 5th from 1-4 p.m., with.proceeds … Continue reading
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When my daughter was very young, and deep in the bowels of autism (the screaming sixteen hours a day kind of autism), there was only one thing that brought her peace: Disney’s Aladdin. Over and over again, Robin Williams to … Continue reading
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Warning: contains swear words and other stuff to piss you off I call a time-out. There have been rumblings and grumblings on some of the Facebook groups I’m on that the latest and greatest intervention for treating autism is a … Continue reading
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The hot news blowing up my Facebook feed this week: Sesame Street is introducing a new character, Julia, who has autism. For a minute I wondered if it was April already as I was bombarded with the “historic announcement” that … Continue reading
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(Update 11/4/15: Since TMR began reporting on the now obvious HPV vaccine reactions observed in Irish teenagers in the few years since Gardasil was introduced, a brave mother, Fiona Kirby, is seeking a court order to revoke the license of Gardasil … Continue reading
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It feels like a different lifetime when my son was diagnosed with ASD. When he first received his diagnosis nine years ago, we were sent to several specialists for testing to find out what was causing his developmental, behavioral, and … Continue reading
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In my early Thinking days, witnessing multiple neurological symptoms appear and then fade, I was introduced to the complexity of mitochondrial diseases or “mito” for short. I didn’t know anything about mitochondria or metabolism. No recollection from middle school science. … Continue reading
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There is a phrase used to describe an optimistic person: Seeing the world through rose-colored glasses. When you are the parent of a special-needs child, you definitely see the world, and your child, through a different, special lens. One of perspective. … Continue reading
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I was never much interested in presidential debates. Four years ago, I was still in the dark about my child’s “autism” and didn’t see how politics could have an impact on his life. No need to comment on how dumb … Continue reading
