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Is it Asperger’s, Autism, or Just Plain Old Quirky?

This is a great title for a blog post, isn’t it? Great title. Great. Good stuff, right here. I just wish I knew what else to write after such a great title. This label thing can be so confusing. Don’t get me wrong—I love that my 11-year old son, Jack, is labeled. This is a […]

Autism Mama, Raise Your Hand

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My 11-year old son, Jack, is now pulling out his own teeth. He starts picking at them in the morning, wiggling them loose by the afternoon, and by dinnertime he presents me with a baby molar he wrenched free. Then he runs upstairs to carefully place it in a long line of teeth he pulled out […]