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May 2014

May 22, 2014

Bismillah and the Road Less Traveled

Bismillah-hir-rahman-hir-rahim. In the name of God, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful. In the name...

May 09, 2014

Ali Family Autism Truths for Autism Awareness Month – The Last Ten

The blank screen on my phone stared back at me, waiting for me to write...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Autism Doesn’t End Like That

So much -- and so little -- can happen in 30 days. The woods that...

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 11, 2014

Do You Remember 13?

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

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 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...

December 2013

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 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...

October 09, 2013

The Inner Circle of Friends

This was the texting conversation had with a good friend of mine a few days...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Heart of Gold

One child needed help understanding the terms of the scientific process when conducting an experiment....

September 13, 2013

A Bus Story – The Small Things That Matter

You guys. You guys! I was working on a post, something I had been mulling...

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...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

‘Ittefaq’ – Meant to Be

I hugged my mom goodbye. Instead of our usual tight and brief hug, I went...

August 20, 2013

To Those Who Believe that People with Autism Have No Worth, I Have a Message for You

We live in a pretty quiet neighborhood – it’s your classic big old-style Southern colonial...

August 18, 2013

Why Did You Leave Me?

I picture it happening like this: He walks in the door, weary after traveling thousands...

August 13, 2013

An Eid without Lil D and Autism

It was a pretty monumental end to Ramadan 2013 for our family, as we celebrated...

August 05, 2013

Happy Birthday Lil D – Not so Lil Anymore

It isn’t a celebration unless we eat biryani, and that our family did – 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 19, 2013

An Autism Unbound from the Rituals of Ramadan

In no way is he part of any of our Ramadan rituals. He does not...