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What My Daughter's Diagnosis Has Meant For Her Twin

What My Daughter's Diagnosis Has Meant For Her Twin

04. 2.2013
I try to capture these moments in a picture or on video because sometimes I'm not sure how often these moments will occur in the coming...
Autism Is Not a Parenting Fail

Autism Is Not a Parenting Fail

02.22.2013
I was trying so hard. And everywhere I turned, I heard that I was doing it wrong. What if, instead, you had been told this: You've done...
'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother'

'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother'

12.16.2012
Written by Liza Long, republished from The Blue Review Friday’s horrific national tragedy -- the murder of 20 children and six adults...
Target Follow Up: Speaking to the Manager

Target Follow Up: Speaking to the Manager

09. 7.2012
When I originally wrote the post on Target's Facebook wall I had no idea the sort of attention it would receive, but once I realized it,...
Missing Matthew

Missing Matthew

08.31.2012
I was the only one who knew how to calm him during an adolescent, autistic meltdown. Now, I felt stripped of my duties.
'No One Saw A Thing': Discovering The Truth About Our Son

'No One Saw A Thing': Discovering The Truth About Our Son

07.23.2012
Written by Jeffrey Wallace for The Good Men Project There’s always one kid in the neighborhood everybody loves to torment; in Windsor...
Parents Cheer For Autism-Friendly 'Mary Poppins'

Parents Cheer For Autism-Friendly 'Mary Poppins'

04.30.2012
NEW YORK — The afternoon performance of "Mary Poppins" was marked by loud yips, shouts and moans – and that was just fine. It...
'To An Outsider, Our Home Resembled A War Zone'

'To An Outsider, Our Home Resembled A War Zone'

04.30.2012
My first marriage was in trouble long before we adopted our 23-month-old son, Neal, from a Russian orphanage. That Neal was diagnosed with...
An Autism Diagnosis Is Just The First -- But The Hardest -- Step

An Autism Diagnosis Is Just The First -- But The Hardest -- Step

04.26.2012
We'd come to see that this diagnosis wasn't a death sentence, or even a life sentence. It was an arrow pointing in the direction of understanding,...
How Improv Comedy Prepared Me For Motherhood

How Improv Comedy Prepared Me For Motherhood

04.10.2012
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that a good improviser isn't prepared for. And I should know: I've been thrown a few curves in my...
A Child With Autism, And A First Job

A Child With Autism, And A First Job

04. 6.2012
Nat getting a job became as much a fixation for me as getting into college. The draconian realities of his challenges made us let go of...
Sending An Adult Child With Autism Out Into The World

Sending An Adult Child With Autism Out Into The World

04. 5.2012
There's no book for our autistic son Mickey, who is turning 20. No U.S. News and World Report ranking best vocational opportunities.
Finding Friendship, With Autism

Finding Friendship, With Autism

04. 4.2012
Ezra, who is now 16, had a prodigious memory--particularly for dates and animation trivia--and an extensive knowledge of animals. More...
Starting School, With Autism

Starting School, With Autism

04. 3.2012
On Matthew's first day of school, I combed his hair and took a picture of him for the scrapbook, hoping that someday I could say, "This...
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