I Am Simply Human
People think Iām a good person but Iām not. There is good in me but also a lot of bad. This story is about my worst self in my role as mother of a son with developmental disabilities.Ā I Am Selfish When...Read More →
Category: Autism and developmental disabilities
Autism, Superpowers, Dogs and Love
Winter is treadmill running season for me, and given my nerdy, guilt-driven personality, I canāt just watch Netflix series for entertainment. I also must watch educational type content -you know,...Read More →
Birthdays and Autism: National Diego’s Birthday Awareness Day
If youāve read anything about Diego, you know heās keen on birthdays, all birthdays, but especially his own. Diego's birthday fixation is unusual, not only in its intensity but also given his autism. ...Read More →
Making Sense of an Autism Diagnosis
Remember when autism used to be the rarest of conditions? When it would conjure up either Rain Man or the one autistic person youād ever met in your life? For me, it was the boy at the beach who walked...Read More →
Seven Big Ideas on the Astounding Benefits of TinyĀ Habits
I was reading the book Atomic Habits by James Clear, and suddenly it hit me: the person I know with the best habits is autistic and intellectually disabled. He reads at a first-grade level and his myriad...Read More →
Autistic Ingenuity: 6 Highly Effective Strategies to Get What You Want
It takes Diegoās cousin Eugenia (whoās the same age as him) a few text messages to arrange an outing to a bar with friends in Manhattan. Should Eugenia decide to work remotely from Mexico City for a...Read More →
The Power of Prayer: It’s Not What You Think!
Iām too skeptical or lacking in faith to believe God intercedes when we invoke him in prayer. I mean, if I were to ask God, āPlease, God,Ā donāt let my son be one of the unnamed casualties from this...Read More →
Dear Mother of an Autistic Child: Thereās No Need to Panic
Hi there fellow mom, I too have an autistic child, except heās not a child anymore. His nameās Diego and heās 27. Youāll go through various stages when it comes to how you view your child and his autism....Read More →
3 Reasons to Never Say āI Didnāt Have Timeā
Diego, my 27-year-old autistic son, is the only person I know who never uses āI didnāt have timeā as an excuse or explanation for what he does or does not do.Ā Come to think of it, Iāve never even heard...Read More →
Autism Life: NEVER a Dull Moment
āāGod created autism to help offset the excessive number of boring people on earth.ā Or so I read on my Linkedin feed the other day. Wish I could credit the quote, but my research led to no particular...Read More →