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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.

Today was less than perfect in the way that first-world, middle-class probably-autism visiting an over-crowded human cesspool quickly becomes less than perfect is.  Robert and I decided to run some much-needed errands in an attempt to find new Nikes for Tucker’s ginormous extra-wide stinky loved feet.  Robert suggested we go to an outlet mall. I […]

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I started blogging because I was lost and confused.  Terrified.  Lonely. So lonely. Learning that there’s something wrong with your baby and not knowing anybody who has heard similar news introduces a level of loneliness and bewilderment that trumps even the first day of high-school and entering the lunchroom by yourself. To combat that, I […]

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When I was younger, I engaged my coworkers.  I cared about what they said, I went to happy hour with them, and genuinely gave a shit and wanted to be friends both inside and outside of the workplace. Not so much anymore. Which meant that I missed a chance to bring Our Land closer to […]

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It’s celebration time!  I have no idea whether Tucker deciding that he hates me shampooing and rinsing his hair in the tub is a side effect of autism or developmental delays or is it simply a Tucker-quirk.  But it’s been sort of sucky lately and makes me feel like an asshole because I end up […]

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Today’s Our Land Series piece was written by a dear blog friend who probably “gets” much of what I feel when it comes to searching for a diagnosis than some of my other blog friends do (not all because there are actually quite a few of us, Joy, being one).  I think Kerri and I […]

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