What can I say that you don’t already know? My son has autism. His name is Jack. He is sixteen years old. People ask me lots of questions about stuff like gluten-free diets, applied behavior analyses, and medication for anxiety. I try to answer as best I can. I say that we don’t eat glute-free […]
I really enjoyed chatting with you tonight. This resort is beautiful isn’t it? Our kids just love it. Yes, we have five. Yep, only one girl. She recently decided to cut her hair short and in the airport someone thought she was a boy. She wasn’t too happy about that. I know you saw us […]
Dear Jack, So, here we are. We’re having the talk. Not really, of course. I’m just writing this letter so I can figure out what to say when we do have the talk together—the talk about autism and puberty and sex. (You know, if you say the words autism and puberty and sex really fast […]