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New Diagnoses are Hard, How to Find Peace in the Storm
New diagnoses are downright scary. Finally getting answers to all our questions shouldn’t be. Finding answers should be reassuring and bring some measure of peace. But it rarely does. I learned this the hard way, as one child after another gained new diagnoses over the years. I was sure nothing could scare me anymore. But…
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Surviving the Ultimate War with Depression
Depression … you old friend, you. I don’t remember a time in my life that hasn’t been colored by depression. (In fact I don’t remember much of my life, but that’s a story for another post) None of us are infallible. Sometimes we crack. Sometimes we break. And sometimes we give up. When the weight…
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Autism: Unique is Awesome – Expressions of PosAutivity: #AutismPositivity2014
Let’s Mold Different Perceptions of Autism and Autistic People When Suzanne Wright penned her opinion piece for Autism Speaks last November, she didn’t inspire me to action, she didn’t help anyone understand the spectrum of Autism, she didn’t help autistic people (adults or children) feel valued and respected. If you haven’t read the letter you…
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Nominate Awesomeness for The #GreatBikeGiveaway!
Last year, Andy learned how to read his ten-speed bike and blew his dad and I away with how much he loved it. Watching him as he rode his bike, the grin on his face was huge and carefree, his face was turned to the sun occasionally, and he just looked so FREE and happy.…
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Words Hurt – it Really is That Simple
The r-word campaign is all about respect, and acknowledging that the more people that know about how derogatory the r-word is, the better. The r-word stands for ‘retard’ and the campaign is about pledging NOT to use that word. The Cafe’s Facebook Page was jumping yesterday as I tried to share tons of posts related…
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Making Baskets
I watched Bobby make his first basket yesterday and clapped, yelling out “Way to go, Bobby” grinning from ear to ear as if I were the one who made a basket. We were at his Special Olympics basketball practice and, while Bobby had specifically figured out HOW to get that ball into the basket earlier…
