Ice Cream & Autism

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 i…

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SchoolSpecial Ed

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…

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Food Allergies

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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AutismSchool

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 t…

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Parenting

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…

Becka

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