Accepting autism or Excepting autism?
The phrase that keeps looping in my mind today is “accepting autism, or excepting autism” and the impact of that tiny change in sound between the two words. Accepting autism…
My, how our community has grown!
A few years ago, Mallory and I invited families and autistic individuals to share their experiences in the form of two books. A few things came from that book experience,…
Support for parents of neurodivergent adults
Parents of autistic and other neurodivergent children have numerous options for support and services, but when your child is actually an adult, it can feel as though the support and…
Sex Ed and Consent
For many years we skipped the sex ed conversation with autistic individuals because, duh, they weren’t going to be having sex. At best, we tried to bubble wrap autistic individuals…
Building a Barn with unwarranted optimism
As most of my clients know, we have been helping our friend build a barn. I have limited (pronounced “zero”) experience with building a structure from the ground up, but…