The time has come. I always knew it would. Being raised a forever-giving, forever-guilty Catholic, I HAD to learn to be okay with saying this: I need to prioritize my family. I remember it like it was yesterday. More than eight years ago, I was standing in a dark parking lot after an advocacy meeting,… Continue reading The Natalie Project
Photo by Meruyert Gonullu on Pexels.com I don't have a sibling with a disability, so I want to be upfront about what this piece actually is: not an account of what it feels like from the inside, but what's visible from the outside, watching these families closely. The waiting rooms. The small routines that repeat… Continue reading The Quiet Threads That Bind: Siblings and Special Needs
Curdled milk. Poop under my fingernails. Snot on the cuff of my sleeve.Anticipating every need. Analyzing every cry, shout, and scream.Cutting up food. Changing outfits. Dosing medicines. Reading the same stories over and over. Filling the time. Somehow, surviving. I’m doing this…again. When I first considered having my own children, I thought I had it… Continue reading I’m Doing Motherhood…Again
I started writing the night my brother died. Not because I had a plan, or because I thought it would become anything. I just didn’t know where else to put everything that was happening in my head. So I wrote to him. I’m a neurodiverse writer, which basically means my brain doesn’t switch off neatly.… Continue reading The Night My Brother Died, I Started Writing to Him
Denby Williams Looking at the prevalence rate of epilepsy among autistic individuals, approximately 25-30% of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) will develop epilepsy in their lifetime. This is compared to the much lower prevalence rate of 1% among the general U.S. population. Much of the development occurs during puberty due to evolving hormonal shifts… Continue reading Why Epilepsy Awareness Matters in Autism Discussions
