Finding Magic in Being Different. There are moments as a parent that catch you completely off guard – moments when someone else’s kind and thoughtful gesture reveals that they truly see your child for everything they are and have to offer to the world. As a parent of an autistic child, these moments can feel rare to come by. Today …

I went through something terrible and it changed me forever. As some of you may know, a few months ago our family, (along with others) went through a devastating experience.

Parent’s at our daughter’s school were given an option to exclude Erin from her class photo.

To some, it was just a photograph. But to us, it was a real and significant reminder of the battles that we fight every single day for our daughter to be seen, included and respected.

A few days ago I saw a Disney Pixar short film called “Float”, and it broke my heart. The day that I saw it, I watched it probably 20 times and sobbed. I shared it with my husband and watched his heart break as he played it too.  Since that day, I feel like I have been processing so many …