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Gentle nudging…
I learned BIG news last weekend, but I was told to sit on it. I was not allowed to tell a bunch of other folks, I was not allowed to post it on Facebook and I was told quite clearly that I was not to...
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Trust, but verify…
I understand and appreciate the notion that we should not treat doctors as demigods. They are, after all, just human beings - well-educated and trained human beings in medical science, but human...
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The new extraordinary…
I always cringe a bit when I hear talk of “curing” autism. I don’t think we need to, or can, cure autism. I think what we need to do is understand autism. I also struggle with the labeling of those...
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Touched.
I have never been a big Kiefer Sutherland fan. Not that he isn’t good to look at and all, but on the whole I have not been drawn to his movies or television shows. So when I saw the advertisements...
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How glamma rolls…
Our time in Canada wound to an end today. We had a few days with the kids instead of the eight we anticipated, but we are happy we had that (there have been times during this adventure that we had our...
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If you meet one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.
There is a saying often uttered in the autism community, “If you meet one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” Autism is not a definitional box filled with discrete behavioral,...
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Both endeavors will be well worth your time…
After what seemed like an unbelievably long hiatus, Touch is back. Touch is the television show created by Tim Kring that focuses on the interconnectivity in the universe. I started watching it in...
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My eternal crush…
If asked what famous (or infamous) person – living or dead – I would choose to spend an hour with I would not pause a single moment before exclaiming, “ALBERT EINSTEIN!” I have the crush of all...
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Wired differently…
April is Autism Awareness Month. I find that both gratifying and unsettling. I find it gratifying because it is important to raise awareness regarding what it means to be on the spectrum. I find it...
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Phillip McCollum rocks!
There are times when I am so proud of our students at NDSU. Last evening was one of those times. It started when I happened upon a Facebook post on a student-run unofficial NDSU Facebook page called...
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AuSome Indeed! ;-)
I have written about my views on autism many times in my blog. It has been a topic that has been near and dear to my heart since I discovered close to six years ago that my grandson Noah Jr. was on...
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Change the way you look at things…
I love Temple Grandin. She is a great advocate for acceptance and nurturing of difference in all human beings, not just those on the spectrum. As such, when I saw a link on The Autism Site of a...
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1 in 68…
Have you heard the latest news from the CDC? “One in 68 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a 30% increase from 1 in 88 two years ago, according to a new report released Thursday by...
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