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Autism Full Circle

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Harry’s brother G., my oldest at 6, is a really funny kid. Like, hysterical. He has been supplying me with funny facebook statuses ever since he could talk. I remember when he was 18 months old and noticed the shadow … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday: What’s Your Sign?

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When my son was diagnosed with Autism, I cried hysterically for 5 days/nights. Nothing took my pain away. On the 6th day early in the morning, my husband woke me up, showed me this sign and said, “I know this … Continue reading

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Tex Interviews Dan Olmstead

YEEEE HAWW and Yippee Kai Yay!!! Yes. I’m still riding high from Autism One last May. What can I say? It was the highlight of 2012 thus far and I seriously had the time of my life. I spent the … Continue reading

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Let’s Start This FUA Friday off Right!

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When Patrick was four, he still had hardly put two words together. I got a little overzealous with the abundance of organic sweet potatoes I could get at the grocery store and started baking lots of fries. Then I found … Continue reading

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Life After Autism: A View from an Awesome Autism Recovery Mom

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Everyday, we autism parents persist in the quest to find that one magical treatment or intervention that will bring our children to recovery. But how many of us actually know someone who has successfully helped their child come out from … Continue reading

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Featured Guest Blog: Military Families Have Kids with Autism, Too

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Don’t you just hate it when you have to change your child’s therapist or you move across town into a bigger house and have to change school districts? Imagine moving to a different state every 2-3 years. That’s my world … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday: Count in Panama

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The Count’s son sits on the steps of Stem Cell Institute in Panama. He received a stem cell infusion just minutes earlier. I really wonder…what is he thinking about? ~ The Count * For more Silent Sundays, please click here.

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Cut The Shirt

Cut the Shirt No, not a typo. A brilliant idea that I need to file under “WHYDIDNTITHINKOFTHAT”. I have a lot of things filed there. Harry loves all things water, and oceans and pools top the list. Ever since he … Continue reading

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The Thinking Mom’s Declaration of Independence from Medical Tyranny, Institutional Corruption, and Government Apathy

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When in the course of human healthcare it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which … Continue reading

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A Second Chance

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My heart raced and I was in full-blown panic mode. Pregnant. Again. “Dear God, what are we doing?” I kept thinking to myself. How could I bring another child into the world? My mind raced 24/7 with thoughts of how … Continue reading

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