I Changed My Way of Thinking

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Welcome to Our World

By Jennifer Dunn / April 19, 2020

Welcome to our world. I have said that a lot lately. While the world has stopped in its tracks not much has changed in our world. This is our life.… Read More
Sometimes, We Argue

By Carrie Cariello / April 17, 2020

Hey buddy, I am sorry you heard Daddy and I argue tonight. I know it’s scary. But sometimes, people disagree. No, no one is getting a divorce. I promise. I… Read More
Owning Asperger’s

By findingcoopersvoice / April 16, 2020

It was six years ago this summer that Asperger’s was first mentioned in regards to me; I was 20 years old. At first I thought people only knew if I… Read More
Do you Dream?

By Sheryl St. Aubin / April 16, 2020

When you sleep.. Do you dream my beautiful boy? At nearly six years old, I still don’t know. Autism took your voice years ago and has left me guessing. If… Read More
The Year of Acceptance

By Nicole Arruda / April 15, 2020

I was headed to get my son Jd his favorite food at the food stop next door when I heard the older boy’s voice. It caught me off guard. I… Read More
Gaining Perspective in my Life

By Debbie Arnold Brown / April 15, 2020

Our lives are so narrow in experience. We understand most clearly the circumstances we are born into and the experiences we acquire over our lifetime. Yet there are so many… Read More
You’ll Learn What Life Looks Like Different

By Deidra Darst, MS,CCC-SLP / April 13, 2020

I had some friends check in on us this Easter weekend. “How are you guys?” “Are you okay?” Listen – I LOVE that people are thinking of us, and 100%… Read More
The Corner of the Waiting Room

By Nicole DelVecchio / April 13, 2020

Let me tell you all about how a corner in a waiting room became my home today. I took my son Gianni to therapy for a 1:45 appointment. We arrived… Read More
Our Dream Home

By Anonymous Author / April 10, 2020

We moved this past spring. My husband and I found the perfect place. Five acres, off the road, down a long winding lane lined with trees, no neighbors, surrounded by… Read More
Crumbs on the Counter

By Carrie Cariello / April 9, 2020

Hi. My name is Carrie. I am married to a man named Joe, and we have five kids. Our second son, Jack, is diagnosed with autism. Right now, we are… Read More
What Autism Has Taught Me

By Lynn Reasons / April 9, 2020

I never planned on having a child with a disability. I planned my education and career around helping others through things like this, never dreaming in my wildest dreams it… Read More
Her Anxiety and Fourteen Steps

By Trish Gray / April 8, 2020

There are fourteen steps leading to the second story bedroom. Fourteen. That doesn’t seem like a huge number, but in our world, it is. My daughter Samantha is a brilliant,… Read More
What a Wonderful World

By Monique Humphries / April 7, 2020

What a Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong. A beautiful song. I danced to it with my father at my wedding. Recently, I watched a friend dance with his mother to… Read More
A Promposal 15 Years in the Making

By Julie Hornok / April 6, 2020

A single act of kindness may seem isolated in the moment, but kindness often paves the way for beautiful things to happen for years to come. Sometimes this beauty may not… Read More
Because of the Lockdown, I Can’t See my Son

By findingcoopersvoice / April 3, 2020

Yesterday was Autism Awareness Day. Autism awareness month is hitting our family hard this year, and frankly, my heart is broken. Many of you may know that my son Christopher… Read More
I Am Autism

By Carrie Cariello / April 2, 2020

I am autism. I am funny loud big. Yet I am quiet. I am a slippery riddle—a puzzle piece upon the bumper of a car, a black sentence upon white… Read More