Special Needs and the Mystery of Sleep
“I love sleep. I need sleep. We all do, of course. There are those people that don't need sleep. I think they're called 'successful.” ― Jim Gaffigan, Dad Is Fat [...]
These are Difficult AND Irregular Times for Special Needs Parents
My son Sam plays the piano. Actually, I would say he's a legit pianist. He doesn’t like public attention so you would never know unless you heard him practicing in [...]
Pandemic – a first for us and our extraordinary ones
That time when you couldn’t leave your house . . . Feeling trapped? Me too. I’m staring down a long dark tunnel with no end in sight. I never imagined [...]
Coping with Anxiety and Depression as a Special Needs Parent
My stomach started aching around 1pm. I didn't want to get up. The van wasn’t scheduled to pull up to the house with John in tow until around 3:30. I [...]
We, The Parents of Autism
A beautiful poem by a great friend of ours and fellow parent of a son with autism. Our John shares a van to school with their son, and it's been [...]