Posted on April 3, 2009 by hopingnotcoping
Today is World Autism Awareness Day and April is autism awareness month. I’m excited about the elevated attention given to this cause at this time, and here are a few links I’d like to share with you, including our own documentary that my husband produced:
Jenny McCarthy’s third book was just released called Healing and Preventing [...]
Filed under: Challenges, Research, The early days, hope | Tagged: ABA therapy, April, autism, Autism month, biomedical, Children of Destiny, Defeat Autism Now, documentary, Jenny McCarthy, joe cullen, minnesota autism, Partners in Excellence, prayer, Surprised by Autism, tahni cullen, World Autism Awareness Day | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 11, 2009 by hopingnotcoping
I’m so proud of my husband. He’s a tv producer on a local cable channel, and he debuts a whole 30-minute show about autism next month. It focuses on our personal journey so far with our Josiah, and on getting out information to those early in their journey about what options are out there to [...]
Filed under: Research, The early days, hope | Tagged: Applied Behavior Therapy, autism, Defeat Autism Now, diagnosis, documentary, hope, toxins, vitamins | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 22, 2008 by hopingnotcoping
LOOKING FOR HELP
A little over a year ago we found an oasis in the middle of what felt like a big, scary directionless desert. We had just come to understand that our little two year old had autism, and we had started some speech and occupational therapy for a few hours a week, but we knew Josiah [...]
Filed under: The early days, hope | Tagged: ABA, angels, autism, AVB, center-based, hope, therapists, therapy | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 26, 2008 by hopingnotcoping
It’s amazing the power of a word. One year ago today (August 25) the word “autism” was breathed for the first time in our home. It hung in the air like a dense fog that took my breath away. I will never forget the scene… we had just put Josiah to bed and we returned [...]
Filed under: Challenges, The early days, hope | Tagged: ABA, anniversary, autism, biomedical, eye contact, faith, vaccines | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 13, 2008 by hopingnotcoping
Understanding. Solidarity. Empathy. Hope. Awareness. This past year, I have Googled my heart out to get a grasp on this world of autism, and it’s other parents that we don’t even know that have really been there for us through their videos and sites. I think so many shell-shocked moms and dads are just desperate [...]
Filed under: Challenges, The early days, hope | Tagged: Al Gore, autism, Autism Speaks, biomedical treatment, five for fighting, hope, recovery, video, what kind of world do you want | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 10, 2008 by hopingnotcoping
We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
WE wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
[...]
Filed under: Challenges, The early days | Tagged: acting, autism, cry, Debbie Downer, Galatians 6:2, We Wear the Mask | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 23, 2008 by hopingnotcoping
“Autism is reversible.” I remember in the early days of Josiah’s diagnosis coming across this statement on a Google internet search. It was such a different declaration than what so many books and websites said. I kept seeing things like, “Autism is a pervasive, life-long disorder with no known cure and no known cause.” What [...]
Filed under: Research, The early days | Tagged: Autism is reversible, Autism Yesterday, chelation, DAN doctors, Generation Rescue, vaccines | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 7, 2008 by hopingnotcoping
Can I be real with you?
It’s been about seven months from the time that we were first alerted to the fact that something might be wrong with our little Josiah. I’ve been kind overcome lately about how lonely and painfully long this journey of autism can be. At first, you work so hard to get [...]
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Posted on April 3, 2008 by hopingnotcoping
When my son was diagnosed with autism back in December, I was talking with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. I told her that we’d been having a tough time because our son has autism. She blurted out, “Now what’s that again–that’s Rainman right?” With everything in me I wanted to defend my [...]
Filed under: Research, The early days | Tagged: autism, Autism awareness, Autism Speaks, faith, Rainman | 5 Comments »