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September 2015

September 01, 2015

ISNA Disability Narratives – Being a Voice for Advocacy and Change

This post is part of a short series of disability narratives shared by the speakers...

September 06, 2013

Embracing (and Including) Autism and Special Needs Families in Muslim Communities

The day after speaking at the 50th annual Islamic Society of North American conference in...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

Ingratitude in the Face of Gratitude – the Autism Oxymoron

I finally broke at 1:02 a.m. this morning – July 26, on the 17th fast...

July 12, 2013

Autism, Childhood and the Perpetual Questions – A Sibling Speaks Up

How do the siblings of individuals with autism cope with the spectrum disorder's grip on...

July 08, 2013

Trying Not to Be That Person

I don’t want to be that person. I really don’t. But I find myself being...

July 03, 2013

A Ramadan Prayer for Special Needs Families

Am I preparing for Ramadan? Yes and no. With my in-laws out of town right...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

An Autism Report Card

After years upon years of scrutinizing progress reports and hashing out (and assessing) IEPs (individualized...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

Holding on to ‘Himaat’ in Autism Land

In Urdu there is a word called himaat, and the best I can explain it...

February 08, 2013

I Hit (and Scream, Pinch, Bite, Kick, Cry or Drop) for a Reason

I am often stressed by the sheer number of decisions I make for Lil D;...

December 2012

December 10, 2012

I Wish I Were an Only Child

On Saturday night, when we were walking the lighted paths of our local botanical garden,...

November 2012

November 05, 2012

It’s Never As Simple as Just Putting On Shoes

Life rages on outside, with hurricanes and elections and continued violence in Syria. But the...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

The Hardest Hajj Lesson of All

I sit at the dinner table and watched my kids eat. Lil D, grasping a...

October 18, 2012

Reflecting on the Holy Days, the Year of Autism, and One Resolution

Has it been a year already? Yes, one year has passed since witnessing the extraordinary miracle that...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Finding His Voice

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

September 05, 2012

Necessary Discussions in Autism Land

Between discussions with my daughter about who are her new classmates or if the zippered...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

Answering the Prayer of A Mother, A Traveler, and One Who is Fasting

Big day tomorrow. We’re off to the Washington, D.C. metro area for a follow up...

July 09, 2012

More Thoughts on Balancing Appreciation of Good Days with Wanting Better Good Days

I’ve been thinking a lot about gratitude and good days since my last post, in which...