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So Here’s What’s NOT Wrong with My Son

November 2, 2018Autism2 Comments

This week, I’m writing a rebuttal to my own post (So Just What IS Wrong with Your Son?). I got a lot feedback last week, it just wasn’t what I expected. I really appreciate the love and support, but I think my message was misunderstood. First, yes. I have actually been asked that question plenty …
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From the moment he was born we knew that raising Yoshi* was going to be a challenge. We couldn’t even name him. In the hospital he was known as The Ice Cream Man, courtesy of his big brother, before we settled on something that wasn’t quite so limiting in career choices. Today everyone “knows” that he is autistic but most people are missing the rest of the story. It’s so much more than just ice cream and autism.

As many as 1 in 59 children are being diagnosed on the spectrum today, and yet sometimes it feels like no one understands what you’re going through. It can be a very lonely experience and I would love to be here with you.

*We did not go from The Ice Cream Man to Yoshi. We let him pick his own pseudonym for this blog.