Reflections on being the father of a boy with autism.
Google “autism denial” and you’ll see there are a lot of parents of ASD kids being told by well-meaning if ill-informed friends and family that their children are just “going through a phase.” To those people I’d just like to … Continue reading
It’s a question I’ve been asked by adults a few times, so I assume it’s on the minds of many more. It’s a question I genuinely appreciate, since it means the person asking it wants to interact with C. So, … Continue reading
One of the more surprising aspects of being the parent of a child with special needs is the reaction — or lack thereof — of close friends: people I believed would be there for us have faded into the background. At the … Continue reading