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April 2014

April 25, 2014

30 Ali Family Autism Truths for Autism Awareness Month – the Second Ten

When we fast in the holy month of Ramadan, our family has a saying --...

April 21, 2014

30 Ali Family Autism Truths for Autism Awareness Month – The First 10

April is Autism Awareness Month. And as much as individuals with autism and those in...

April 08, 2014

Life Goes On

They prayed for my son at Friday prayers last week. Another milestone I never imagined...

April 02, 2014

You are Enduring Love

My darling boy, The sun is shining and the air is warm with the scents...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

It’s Ok to Say, Why?

Maybe I’m wrong. I could very well be entirely wrong on this, but I am...

March 20, 2014

Equal is not the Same

Don’t let the dictionary fool you. Equal does not mean same. At least not when...

March 11, 2014

Do You Remember 13?

Do you remember 13? Seventh grade or eight grade maybe? A mixture of hormones, uncertainty,...

March 03, 2014

The Jenin Autism Project – Rock Star Siblings

Melissa Diamond and the rest of the team are still in Jenin, in the West...

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...

February 24, 2014

The Charity of Messy Drawers

We went back and forth on it for months. I’d try to down play it,...

February 18, 2014

A Moment Between Friends

I have been silent on the blogging front for the past ten days or so,...

February 05, 2014

To Have and to Hold

Last night after putting you to bed, after turning off the bedroom light and turning...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Br. Omar Suleiman Speaks About People with Special Needs and their Families

First I was tagged in the video. Then it was posted to my wall and...

January 30, 2014

It was Everything

On our sixth (fifth, or was it the seventh? Who knows? I’ve given up counting)...

January 24, 2014

Deserving Respect

So many things are different now. So many. And though I know that parenting is...

January 13, 2014

The Jenin Autism Project – The Reason We Are Here

My friend Kitti South Robinson along with Melissa Diamond are in Jenin, in the West...

January 06, 2014

What is the Gift in All This?

Sometimes the memories resurface with such veracity so as to take my breath away with...

January 03, 2014

The Jenin Autism Project – Helping Autism Families in Palestine

Over the years, we've been blessed to have a number of great therapists come into...

December 2013

December 29, 2013

Finding His Calm

What is the function of the behavior? I can’t tell you how many times special...

December 20, 2013

Winter Break in Autism Land

Sixteen days. Siiiiiiiiiiixteeeeeeeeeen daaaaaaaaays. That’s how long until the kids go back to school. Yeah,...

December 09, 2013

The Red Plastic Table

The small plastic red table and two red chairs was the first purchase we made...

December 05, 2013

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Last night, after dinner, with my in-laws out visiting my sister-in-law and my husband upstairs...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Send Thanks

Shukar bhejo, which literally means to “send thanks,” or less literally, send thanks to God...

November 25, 2013

Is He Being Rude, or is it Something More?

We’ve had a lot of service technicians come through our house over the years –...

November 18, 2013

Rolling the Dice on Race Day

We loaded the adaptive jogging stroller into my car as the rain started. I gathered...

November 11, 2013

The Compassion that Awaits You in Autism Land

With the sun shining brightly through the falling leaves and the excitement of trophies at...

November 06, 2013

Milestones in Autism Land

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

November 05, 2013

What Do You Take for Granted? Lessons From the Special Needs Eid Celebration

By Saman Qureshi This is a guest post by Saman Qureshi, a colleague and friend...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

What Would He Say?

My friend tagged me in a post on Facebook – a beautiful video made of...

October 25, 2013

Autistic and Missing – What Are We Going to Do?

I stood in the lunchroom of my son’s school watching him go through his routine...