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Category Archives: Special Needs

Posts about the autism spectrum, whether my son falls on it or not. Posts about speech and language delay. ASD in general. Special needs.

Whether you, or your child, have special needs, autism, a differing ability, or are typical in all of the typical ways, you, and your child are important. Worthy. Worthy of love, opinions, outbursts, understanding, empathy, forgiveness, and acceptance. Acceptance. In order to accept those that we may not fully understand, we must first be made […]

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You know “the look.” I think everybody does. Sometimes, it’s privately shared with a friend when somebody says something to remind you of a personal dialogue. It’s shared with a spouse, hoping to convey “get me out of here” or “stop being such an ass.” It can be shared with a sibling, when a particular […]

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Every once in a while, the truth that my baby is no longer a baby, nor a toddler, catches me off guard. I’m reminded by little things,* like when Tucker asks me to carry him, which I used to do oh-so-gently, barely able to trust myself to carry him up the stairs, and remembering to […]

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The word autism entered my heart as a whisper. It later entered my brain as a possibility. Later still, it entered my life. I worried, bought a book on autism, devoured it, and then felt like that must not be what my son has. He was nothing like the boy in the book.  “Maybe,” I […]

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Today’s Our Land author has elected to remain anonymous. She’s amazing, lovely, talented, and is bringing this series a new perspective about something I hadn’t previously heard of – Schizotypal Personality Disorder. I thank her for sharing her story with us today. I think you will, too.  Today’s Our Land – Schizotypal Personality Disorder. Our Land, […]

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