Autism Almost 21

I was venting to a friend today about the lack of understanding I sometimes see people have toward my gal.  My friend has two children with ...

RJC loves the Aquarium.  Early on in her diagnosis, we decided we would be a "normal" family and do what other families do.  Wel...

It's the evening before RJC's 23rd birthday.  Every year in the week leading up to her birthday, I tend to think about all the thing...

RJC has her sleep routine at night and her wake up routine in the morning.  At night, she showers, plays on her iPad, I brush her teeth, s...

It was unexpected.  RJC needed to go to the hospital, and now that she is over 21, I was not sure that the Children's Hospital would acc...

Even two years ago, I would never have considered taking RJC to the mall less than two weeks before Christmas.  It is one of her favorite wa...

I have been noticing how complicated communication is for RJC.  Not like I haven't know this for years upon years, but now that she is m...