Back in August, our son Matt had a very difficult time at a birthday party Dave and Busters. The lights, sounds and crowds can be a lot to handle for someone with autism so as his way of handling things that day, he chose to isolate himself from the others. Inside our little party room,…
I never professed to being a Pulitzer Prize winning writer, but I just needed to get the following out. I’ll never forgot when my son was two and half years old and just diagnosed with autism. His speech development had reached the typical 15-20 words but with autism, it had dropped to one or two…
Being that this blog is essentially dedicated towards autism awareness and what it’s like raising a child on the autism spectrum – I should apologize that the last three posts have not been related to my son Matt and that the last autism blogpost (titled “Missing”) was published about 47 days ago. (Un)fortunately, life gets…
I’ve been thinking lately as to why the idea of New Years Resolutions bothers me so much. The idea that people want to change their lives for the better and use January 1st as their start date shouldn’t be looked upon with heavy skepticism, but rather it should be applauded. Acknowledging that something is wrong…
Warning: The following in political in nature and should not be read by anyone. We have all heard people whine – literally whine – about the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare): from politicians to “fake news” media sites to those on social media. I am not going to get into the reasons why here (although…
Warning: The following in religious in nature and since it’s written by me, should not be taken seriously. I recently listened to a “Art of Manliness” podcast titled Why Men Hate Going to Church. The interview and topic was centered around the book with the same title and the author David Murrow. As someone who…
To be honest, I’m not sure if the following story is humorous, stressful, worrisome or ultimately trivial in nature. The reality is that it’s probably a combination of all four. However, it is one that should be told; if nothing else to convey what it’s like raising a child with autism or perhaps provide a…