What's the ridiculous statistic on the number of autism books published--per day, week, month? My writing coach shared it with me once. I cannot find it now, but if I didn't believe in the power of my own voice and have the umphhh of creative drive, I wouldn't be writing my second book. Thankfully, poetess and poetry therapist Jennie Chapman Linthorst also believed her voice needed to be shared.
Shortly before Ryan's bedtime, he trashed his room. A totally thorough trashing. Quite impressive, actually.
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11pm all is quiet. I’m having trouble unwinding and sleep is distant, a banging noise disturbs the quiet and I get up to investigate.
Linda Foley is the Executive Director of FEAT of Washington (WA). FEAT stands for Families for Effective Treatment of Autism. The organization is based in Belleville, Washington. According to Linday Foley there are over 10,000 families in the state of Washington effected by autism. Linda Foley is an Autism Light for her efforts to lead FEAT of WA in making life brighter for those with autism in Washington state.
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Shorashim will once again be partnering with KOACH to offer a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip for Jewish 18 to 26 year olds with Aspergers Syndrome Winter 2012/2013.
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There are already a number of posts up related to Autism Awareness. I only suspect there will be more to come as the month wears on, and while I am not against it, I am not for it either. Last year there were hundreds of posts devoted to this, hundreds of posts related to “What autism looks like” and how to “Catch autism early.” I realize its important, that the sooner you intervene the better chance you have, I get that. But there has been one thought nagging at me ever since.
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For Autism Awareness month, I will do... 
Awhile back we were blessed with an iPad for Short Stack. He's been using it regularly, up until a couple of weeks ago.
The Wifi started going bad on it, then Short Stack figured how to remove it from the Otterbox case. Suffice it to say it was time to get it replaced.
Dear Willie,
Happy 2013! I don’t know what’s to come in the New Year, but because of you, I’m better equipped to deal with the uncertainty. After all, how can we expect to know the future when we so rarely know what’s going on within our own minds? And yet we sense the beauty in all that we don’t fully understand. As Faith Jegede said in her 2012 TED talk, “Autism Through a Sibling’s Eyes,” “... How little we know about the mind, and how wonderful the unknown must be.”
