I had technical difficulties with WordPress and had to reinstall and manually re-include my previous posts–including this one. (Which is why my July 4 post is dated April 4 2009!) At any rate, the following post was originally published in April 2008–April is Autism Awareness Month! Hope you enjoy my original post below:
It’s difficult to [...]
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I find myself saying the oddest things to my autistic son. Surprisingly, during the course of a “normal” day, these phrases don’t seem unusual at all. But if I think back to the time I was pregnant with my first child, I could never have imagined someday saying the following things to him:
1. “Don’t bite [...]
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Every parent dreams about the first time their child will walk, talk, say “Mommy”, “Daddy”, and “I love you”. Unfortunately, some parents must wait years to hear those words. And when they do come, long after their peers, nothing has ever sounded as sweet. My name is Karen and I am the parent of a [...]
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