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Ice Cream & Autism

A blog about autism, raising a child with special needs, and finding sweetness in every day.

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The Bravest Thing I Ever Did Was Break

That’s not true. I didn’t have any choice in the breaking part, so it wasn’t exactly brave because it just happened. The brave part comes in right here: I’m telling you all about it. I’m learning a lo

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Big Kid Back to School = Starting Over

This year we started middle school (and high school) and it’s a whole new ball game. I’ve been going to back to school teacher conferences for years, and I can’t remember the last time that one of the

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Cake Season

It’s cake season at our house. For most normal families, September means back to school, the beginning of fall, winding down from summer. At my house, it means: CAKES!

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Lifting my Gag Order, or Last Year was a Travesty

This is another post that I wrote at the very beginning of the summer. I have edited it significantly for chronological context and ease of reading, but I want my readers to know that my mindset at th

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It's Always About Yoshi

I wrote this post early in the summer but didn’t manage to publish it until now. I’ve added an update in italics at the end.

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Lions, Tigers, and… Shingles

This summer did not go as planned. Things rarely do—not just for parents with special children, not just for parents—life just has a way of doing its own thing. I have quite a few posts written that I

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We share our journey with autism to connect with other families, spread awareness, and celebrate the small victories.