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July 2017

July 31, 2017

Ever Vigilant, Ever Questioning, Ever Guessing

He had a great day! – says the teacher who has brought D to my...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Conversations with D

Ali Family Autism Truths #29 – April 29, 2016 Setting: In our Kitchen one evening....

April 19, 2016

Like Muslims, the Autism Community is Not a Monolith

Ali Family Autism Truths #19 - April 19, 2016 The morning started with a visit...

April 16, 2016

I Has High Expectations

I woke this morning and soon after read a blog post written by a friend,...

April 08, 2015

Ali Family Autism Truths #8 – To be Known, Understood

April 8, 2015 – Autism Awareness Month, Ali Family Autism Truths #8 As I write...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Words Matter in Autism Land and Beyond

One might call me a pushover – my husband often does, saying that I’d rather...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

Milestones in Autism Land

It’s the milestones that have tripped me up over the years, causing me to focus...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

Recovering His Voice

I prayed two rakat shukrani – that’s a short, extra prayer Muslims do when they...

January 18, 2013

Fighting for His Voice

Whenever I lost something, my parents taught me to immediately utter the du’a (prayer), Innal...

January 16, 2013

Losing His Voice

Ever lost your voice to a bout of laryngitis? It’s pretty frustrating not to be...

November 2012

November 07, 2012

I Want ‘More’

You ever have those moments where your love for your children surges up like a...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Finding His Voice

“Two roads diverged in a woods, and I, I took the one less traveled by,...

October 2011

October 06, 2011

Thanks Steve Jobs from an Autism Mom

Descriptors like “visionary,” “game-changer” and “innovative” are commonplace in all the tributes being written and...