I’ve spent my career working for technology companies in Silicon Valley. But I almost gave it up to become an Interior Designer. In the end,...

There's been another case of murder suicide in the autism community. A single mother killed her 14 year old son and then herself. This...

We had a really rough weekend not too long ago. I won't go into the details, but it left Jeff and I reeling, and asking some really hard...

It's November 1, day 1 of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and this year I'm not participating. It's too much for me to ...

With Steven Silberman's book NeuroTribes , and Amy Lutz's  recent article, " Please Stop Whitewashing Autism ," the autism...

I've been having a hard time with religion lately. I should say that I've never been especially religious. Raised Jewish, I've n...

My hands are looking pretty beat up these days, covered in scratches and scabs. My wrists too. Moe is having a rough time. When things are...

My Facebook feed is filled with photos of children heading back to school, their eyes brightly filled with nervous anticipation. Next week, ...

It's been hard for me to write lately. I'm tired, working full time. And since I work as a writer, even though my daily writing is v...

Tonight I made pizza for dinner. I've done this many, many times before. I'm pretty good at it. I made the pizza dough, preheated th...

This week, I kick off a series in collaboration with Flannery of Living on the Spectrum: The Connor Chronicles. This is a new series ab...

According to the CDC, 1 in 68 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder . The rate is five times higher for boys than for...

I've been thinking about something for a few days. I'm not quite sure if it's worthy of a full blog post or if I'll be able ...

I watch Jelly playing with some nine year old boys at the beach. These aren't just any nine year old boys, these are my best friend'...

As a writer, blogger, and participant in social media, I make choices everyday about how much to share of my family's lives. This respon...

This is a post that has needed to be written for some time now. If your kid was anxious or being bullied, how would you feel? Probably pre...

It's been a while since I've blogged here, a couple of months, at least. But since I'll be attending the BlogHer conference in a...

I'm in a Yahoo! group for parents of special needs kids. It is a great group, made up only of parents—no professionals, teachers or anyo...

I wore long sleeves today, despite the 80 degree weather. Didn't want anyone at work asking about the fresh scratches on my arm. I mean,...

There are a lot of things I feel like I should be writing about. Another celebrity who read stuff and has decided that she's an expert...