Finding Meaning

You Are Your Child's Voice

Advocating for your child, a few tips...

Topic(s): Finding Meaning

My Son Wore Jeans Today

Son with autism wears jeans for first time--a celebration in more ways than one!

Making It Happen

The highs are higher....

When Joy Comes In

Among the struggles, noticing those fleeting moments when Joy Comes In!

I AM

A mother's poem:  "I am a parent of a child with autism, I wonder what goes on in her brain, I hear her voice and it is music..."

Carolina's Story

Unexpected gifts from a daughter with autism--patience, courage, strength and more.

Family Motto

Family mottoes as a foundation of individual strength.

Hero Badge

A painful ritual becomes an occasion for joy.

Letter to a New School

Explaining the “new normal” to people in your life. What should you tell them? How can you explain what to worry about and what not to? How can they help?

Jack

Mother of a teen born with cleft lip and palate looks back over the years, appreciating the confidence and other skills both he and she developed.