Before the Diagnosis

History Lessons

When my kid was eighteen months old, and we were still a year away from the diagnosis that would give a name to his speech delay, I got a head start on…

Feb 21

46. Well Met

A wish for inclusion

May 14, 2024

THE FIRST ONE

Even though I knew my son wasn’t talking on time, That first assessment still hit me hard. We had set up a screening with our state’s early intervention…

Apr 27, 2016

WHEN HE'S READY

By the time I was decorating my 2.5-year-old son’s first picture-communication board with an “autism ribbon," we had been aware of his lack of speech…

Apr 8, 2016

THE RIBBON

Damn. Something was wrong. I could tell by the look on her face. I had followed the therapists’ instructions to create a “picture-communication board…

Apr 2, 2016

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