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• Institutions Are Dead. Long Live Institutions.

  While I’m in the land of hot takes over on Facebook, let me dust off this space to drop another one. A lot of people are attributing the rise in numbers of... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2025 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Profoundly Severe Autism Level 3

  *tap, tap, tap* Is this thing on?I haven't written on this blog in literally (the real literally, not the fake literally) years, and you know there is only one... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2021 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Designing a Home for Autism

  I’ve spent my career working for technology companies in Silicon Valley. But I almost gave it upto become an Interior Designer. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Episode MMXVI: A New Hope

  There's a Ben Folds song I've written about before called "Picture Window." It tells the story of a mom who "checked into the hospital new year's eve. Nothing t... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Changes for 2016

  I'm tired.The last part of this year has been rough. Moe had a period of intense aggression and self-injury. It was an awful cycle that we couldn't break for... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 17: Do Not Read This If You Love Rodents.

  Friends, today was a tough day. Not for me, so much. But for a rat. This was not a pet rat and it didn't have a name. Though I suppose we could call it Number... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 12: Why I Still Don't Have a Tattoo

  

  I don't have any tattoos. I attribute this to several things:I'm kind of a chickenshit.I'm Jewish and even though I don't believe in God (now there's a good pos... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 10: In Case of Emergency

  There's been another case of murder suicide in the autism community. A single mother killed her 14 year old son and then herself.This is not the first time... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 8: Living in the Moment

  We had a really rough weekend not too long ago. I won't go into the details, but it left Jeff and I reeling, and asking some really hard questions. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Passion in the Workplace

  Sadly, this post will not be as steamy as the title implies. Though I did meet my husband at work, and I've heard of more than one rendezvous in the server room... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Day 4: Aging out

  It's almost 10:00 and I've been working on a project for work. As I was closing the computer for the night I remembered that I haven't posted anything yet today... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Does She Do It? No Really. How?

  Yesterday I wrote about why I work. Today I want to tell you how I work, or rather, how I make it work. We've got a lot going on, including a kid with complex... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Why I Work

  I never thought I would be a stay at home mom. I was home with Moe for a couple years, then had Jelly right at the same time he was being diagnosed. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• NaBloPoMo Day 1: Halloween Recap

  It's November 1, day 1 of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and this year I'm not participating. It's too much for me to do right now, and I'm okay with... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Whitewashing Vs Neurodiversity? It Doesn't Have to Be a Choice.

  With Steven Silberman's book NeuroTribes, and Amy Lutz's recent article, "Please Stop Whitewashing Autism," the autism self-advocate vs. parent community... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• To Be Inscribed

  I've been having a hard time with religion lately. I should say that I've never been especially religious. Raised Jewish, I've never kept kosher, or attended... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Open Book

  

  My hands are looking pretty beat up these days, covered in scratches and scabs. My wrists too. Moe is having a rough time.When things are really bad, he bangs... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Hardest Time of Year

  My Facebook feed is filled with photos of children heading back to school, their eyes brightly filled with nervous anticipation. Next week, I'll post some back... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Things Change. Things Stay the Same.

  It's been hard for me to write lately. I'm tired, working full time. And since I work as a writer, even though my daily writing is very different (should the... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• If I Fall, If I Die

  

  BeliefI used to believe that everything would be okay.That there was nothing that couldn't be fixed by an apologyOr a Band-aidOr a hug.I used to believe that... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION