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Is it me or is this month zooming by? This week was a huge swarm of work and child activities and little eye opening moments. My daughter talked about what it feels like to be in public with her limb difference for the first time to me. She’s a toughie I tell you. Speaking of [...]

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Almost Invisible/’Fessing Up

My kid is on the spectrum. There. I said it. Those words don’t roll out of my mouth, because in the 18 months since he was diagnosed, I’ve barely said them out loud.

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Voices of Change

When Schuyler communicates via text messages, she's not the poor little disabled girl who can't talk. She's like you and me. She's funny and she's curious and there's no impediment to her self-expression. (She has a particular love of the little Emoji characters; if you text with her for even a short time, she will inevitably send you a little farting monkey.)

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This community continues to grow and you deserve to know what's going on! This was an exciting week in my world as my kids got back to swimming lessons and my daughter got to show off her new helper arm to her dance class. But that's nowhere near as interesting as some of our new members on this site.

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