The Blueberry I vividly recall the moment I realized my son had an eating disorder, except I wouldn’t have called it an eating disorder then, let alone known what to name it. He was 3 years old; it was the early 2000s, and ARFID as a formal diagnosis didn’t exist...
Two weeks ago the President of United States announced to the world that his administration was confronting the “horrible horrible crisis” of autism. He attributed its cause to maternal acetaminophen use during pregnancy. His appointed Secretary of Health & Human...
A “Flipped” Classroom Words can be wiggly, like a fish in the hand. Take the word disability for example. Defining disability was the topic of today’s lecture, at least it was supposed to be. Plans were delayed by audio issues. In the large lecture hall of over 150...
I’ve been thinking about starting a blog for a while now but wasn’t sure where to begin. Sharing the recent release of my picture book on autism and neurodiversity seemed like as good a place as any. It reflects a lot of my personal and professional journey.
This book, All Kinds of Brains, has been a long time in the making. Back in the early 2000s, when our family was learning about our son’s neurodivergence* and his eventual autism diagnosis, there were very few helpful children’s books on the topic.