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Thanks Steve Jobs from an Autism Mom

October 6, 2011, 9:20 am

Descriptors like “visionary,” “game-changer” and “innovative” are commonplace in all the tributes being written and posted about Apple guru Steve Jobs. For me personally, the word I choose to describe...

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I Want ‘More’

November 7, 2012, 1:25 pm

You ever have those moments where your love for your children surges up like a tidal wave, drowning you in overwhelming warmth and sweetness? It could be the most mundane thing, but in that moment,...

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I Don’t Feel Well

October 1, 2013, 5:31 am

I felt it coming on Friday – that tickle in my throat that I knew would get big if I didn’t nip it in the bud, fast. And though I started my usual cold-averting tricks, spending 1.5 hours outside under...

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What Would He Say?

October 29, 2013, 5:43 pm

My friend tagged me in a post on Facebook – a beautiful video made of moms being asked how they would describe themselves as mothers. And in the snippets aired, the moms all talked about things they...

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Ali Family Autism Truths # 3 – Spinning in Circles

April 3, 2015, 5:10 pm

April 3, 2015 – Autism Awareness Month, Day Three of Ali Family Autism Truths“A” came with me today when I went to pick up D from school. She and her little brother, H, had half-days, as Spring Break...

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Ali Family Autism Truths #8 – To be Known, Understood

April 8, 2015, 8:36 pm

April 8, 2015 – Autism Awareness Month, Ali Family Autism Truths #8As I write this, you lie next to me, the sleepiness finally hitting you with gentle waves, silencing the sounds you make and bringing...

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Fifteen

August 6, 2015, 12:47 pm

D and I in his classroom on his 15th birthday.In passing by the bathroom where D was showering, my niece remarks, he sure sings a lot in the shower. Yes, he does. D sings, he hums, he makes sounds and...

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Conversations with D

April 29, 2016, 7:45 am

Ali Family Autism Truths #29 – April 29, 2016 Setting: In our Kitchen one evening. I have made brownies, and they are cooling on the counter. Everyone has eaten dinner, and D is drawn back to the...

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