Many of us have memory of watching Mr. Rogers Neighborhood on television as children. The show was on from 1968 to 2001, and was an icon in the world of children’s entertainment. Though Mr. Rodgers was a […]
Note: Some details have been intentionally obscured. Low THC, CBD rich oil is legal for limited use in 14 states, including New York, so there are no legal concerns with me writing this article. However, the social […]
If I’m alright why can’t I feel the pain wrapped up in a pretty blanket the sky didn’t fall today What if I’m a lunatic with this bag of marbles and a walking stick marching on […]
What You See is Not What I See Everywhere around me is music. I call this music Shadow Songs. Just as everything around us casts a shadow, everything I see sings its own unique music. I […]
The Children I Teach When I first announced to a group of conference attendees that I believed that any child can learn the violin, even children with motor planning issues, I was faced with mostly doubt. As I […]
Listen to My Voice In an interview with NPR’s A Closer Look, my son, Jacob, and I talk about living with autism. During our interview we talk about many aspects of our lives, but one theme is […]
I have given at least 100 presentations on living with autism to crowds of all sizes. My most requested presentation is entitled Let Me Fall. I begin with a preview of a documentary made about me […]
My son’s own words on how he was led to depression, and how he still sees the world as worth while. In part I, I talked about my 15-year-old Autistic son, Jacob, and our fight to […]
Navigating Depression with my autistic son, and how people with Autism showed us deep compassion and empathy.
The use of American idioms are common among most age groups as a way of explaining ideas in a few words that are assumed to have global meaning. For someone like me, who tends to take […]
