Harmony at Halloween: All color of buckets are welcome at our door!
All color of buckets welcome here! Share your identity even with a mask this Halloween.… Read More Harmony at Halloween: All color of buckets are welcome at our door!
Tag: acceptance
A badge or a burden: the trauma we carry
Our scars can be our strength.… Read More A badge or a burden: the trauma we carry
Learning the kaleidoscope.
So often it can be maddening and seem impossible to slow down enough to see things from their perspective yet, when I force myself to do so, I rarely regret the decision.… Read More Learning the kaleidoscope.
Snowgasm
The magic of humor, or snow, can save us all.… Read More Snowgasm
Shadows and votes that go bump in the dark.
Everyone needs to vote. Each vote needs to count. Everyone deserves equal rights. There is no compromise over these three truths.… Read More Shadows and votes that go bump in the dark.
The right to be safe.
Doing what’s right for your kids is never easy but protecting them is never a question.… Read More The right to be safe.
Amazing Things Do Happen
“I’m different just like everyone else.”… Read More Amazing Things Do Happen
When acceptance isn’t accommodated
If atypical means intelligent, polite, opinionated, creative, sensitive, and loving then I’ll take it over neurotypical any day. … Read More When acceptance isn’t accommodated
It takes one moment.
“What?! Anthony Bourdain? Oh no! Why?!” I said this aloud to myself as I read the news. My daughter looked up at me and asked, “What, mama?” “Oh…,” how do you answer that a writer and celebrity chef you looked up to had suddenly died by suicide? How much do you share with a seven… Read More It takes one moment.
Acceptance is a far off destination.
Autism Awareness month, for most of us, is bullshit.
What we need is acceptance. What is required to make that possible is equality. Equality is a spot at the table. Equity is everyone having a functional chair.… Read More Acceptance is a far off destination.
Stop being an @sshole.
It’s a simple yet, at times, difficult expectation we have of our children. We ask them to be kind. We try to teach them about the balance of justice in our small acts of asking them to return a borrowed toy, to say “hello”, to say “thank you”. Where does that kindness go as adults?… Read More Stop being an @sshole.
I don’t love autism.
I love my family but I hate how they are treated by others. It makes me hateful towards their autism as if it’s an invisible villain stealing our happiness.… Read More I don’t love autism.
Politely Defiant
The act of acceptance is defiance.… Read More Politely Defiant
Politely Defiant 