Stones
When I speak in pubic about autism, the question that continuously comes up, in many different phrases is “does my child with autism love me?” It’s a very […]
The Mask People Call Friend
The amount of hours I have spent in therapeutic settings learning the social skills, body language, and facial expressions of the neurotypical world has consumed enough hours […]
The Perfect Life
Often I have been asked, by conference attendees who come to hear me speak, what I want out of life. People are curious if my future includes people, independence, and decadence, or a scary isolated existence. […]
Don’t Be Afraid to Love Me
Don’t be afraid to love me, I am not so weak and fragile,
There is no need for pity, or to feel you are using me.
I’m not […]
Happy New Year!
Snowflakes 2014
All that could have gone wrong with this film, did. My mic stopped working, forcing me to replace the violin with a midi instrument on the […]
The Shadow Song of an Autism Christmas
Guest blog post for Awe in Autism
I loved Christmas as a kid. The excitement of gifts was a small part of it, but what I really liked […]
Holiday Donating in a Way that REALLY Helps
Many of you know that I favor donating to small, local organizations that do hands on good with their funds. Though I do not have an exhaustive […]
A Monday, Changes – An excerpt from my next book “3 Pairs of Shoes”
First, the three shoes
Red shoes – the teacher. Red Shoes are slick, and shiny, with slim, wax covered laces. Her red shoes make a sharp heel sound when she walks down the hallways, followed by a clicking […]
“Dreaming is co…
“Dreaming is conceptual art of the inner self; there is no path in life. When we can accept there is no path, we can decide on a destination, making the footsteps a perfunctory affair. Values merely […]