autism sucks

• What color is autism?

  “Isn’t the sky the most beautiful shade of cerulean blue today?”

  I thought he was color blind, because when I asked what color an object was, he would tell me the wrong one. In school, turned out not only did he know cerulean blue, as he told [...]

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:50am EST
  

• Supermom vs. Autism

  I was standing in line at the grocery store, waiting to pay for the basket full of groceries I had amassed on my once a month grocery stock-up. I hate
  grocery shopping, especially with kids, but I had procrastinated too long and the bread had molded and we were out [...]

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:47am EST
  

• Informative Booklet for Parents of Newly Diagnosed Children with Autism

  
  When my husband I walked out of the doctor's office with a diagnosis of "autism" for our middle child, I wish the doctor had handed me something like Same Child, Different Day, a booklet I've recently learned about.  The author Jon R. Gilbert writes on the back cover,  "This booklet" [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:04pm EST
  

• Calling All Siblings

  So much time is spent trying to understand and help our autistic children.  And rightfully so.  They're road is not an easy one.  But, for Just one moment, I'd like to step away from needs of my autistic child and focus on the needs of his brother and sister.  Today, [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:32am EST
  

• Bet you didn't know you were a writer!

  It's been a bit since we have posted, but we are still around. If you have experience with autism, consider writing here. All you need is your story. Email sendchocolatenow AT gmail DOT com Together, we can get through life with autism. Tina [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:35am EST