Wretches and Jabberers – Defying Labels
A few months ago, my friend Ib, gently encouraged me to watch the documentary Wretches and Jabberers. It’s available on Netflix and iTunes. I was traveling at the time, Richard was in Colorado, I was...
View ArticleEmma Discusses Functioning Labels
I asked Emma what she thought of the functioning labels applied to Autistic people: mild, moderate, severe, or high functioning and low functioning. What follows is her response. “Functioning labels...
View ArticleEmma Recommends…
Someone asked Emma what she’d recommend they say in answer to the question, “how high functioning is your child?” Emma wrote, “I recommend being patient with them and saying that functioning labels...
View ArticleEmma Shines a Light on Functioning Labels
“People think I am troubled and can’t decide whether I am low functioning or can’t make sense of the words I say, but either way they are wrong. So whatever label I am given it is meaningless....
View ArticleThe Battle…
“It’s all well and good for higher functioning people who have autism to talk about how unique and precious their lives are and how important it is for everyone to accept their differences, but for...
View ArticleA Father’s Powerful & Extremely Personal Thoughts on Parenting
*This was what my wonderful husband, Richard, wrote as a comment on my post the other day. I asked him if I could make it a post all on its own. He gave me permission… “Pain is inevitable, suffering...
View ArticleAlone? Frightened? Worried?
“No one knows how to help us.” This was what I once said to my husband. It was many years ago. So many, I no longer remember the year. Along with that realization was this one – “We are in …...
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