Confession Time


I let my 3-year old Jonah (ASD) get away with pretty much everything when he just wants to aggravate his 8-year-old…

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What is “HARD?”


**I started this the other day when it was fresh on my mind, but I made it about 3 lines in before I got too tired to…

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To the Gyros House guy


We went to the mall the other day. This is one of Jonah’s favorite winter-time activities. Usually he will run…

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Today Was a Good Day


To the judgemental onlookers... We are in a new place in a large arena. My son has never been here. In a setting with…

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The Softest Soil


So I worked remotely today, which is code for "I went to Starbucks for a few hours with my laptop." Ordered a "grande…

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I’m Sorry, Daddy


So today Jojo started slapping me because I told him "Please, do not step on the cat." I showed him to "touch Daddy…

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Autism and Pets


[video src="http://www.atouchofausome.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_6177.m4v" /] We have a new kitten, who is probably…

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Art from Tyson Murphy — an Autism Parent


I saw this comic online the other day and I like to credit the source of the material before I shared it. So a quick…

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A Midnight Meltdown


**This was written about 1:30 this morning. I posted it to my Facebook page, but I thought I'd memorialize it here.…

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‘Hitting’ it off…


I am not new to parenting so it is hard for me to say that with parenting a child with autism, I feel a bit like a fish…

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