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My child’s future with Autism, my goals
I can’t set goals for my son, I can only set goals for myself in hopes of making his future a little better. People say the best way to achieve your goals is to write them down. It makes you...
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Overcoming Self Doubt as an Autism Parent
The hardest part, I think, to being an autism parent is the doubt. Not just in general but the self doubt in particular. We ask ourselves It doesn’t really matter where your child is on the spectrum,...
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AutismFather to “I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers”– An AutismPositivity2012...
Do you really wish that you didn’t have Aspergers? Do you really think that your life would be better or easier? There’s a lot of advice that I’m supposed to give. Most of it can be found here: Autism...
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The life I once had
It’s not something I talk about very much. It’s really quite boring. But even more than that, it’s really quite depressing. It’s negative. It’s not the me that most of you have come to know now, that...
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Autism, Fathers, The Future and Denial
Is this what a father sees? Far too many moms have asked me why their husbands might be in denial or worse yet, cold and distant to their child. Once they got the autism diagnosis, everything changed....
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With autism, consider making the path your goal, not the goal your path
Read a “how to be successful” book and it will tell you to start with a 5 year goal, then break it down to 5 individual yearly goals, then break those down to monthly goals, then to weekly and...
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A life taken away
I was talking with a friend about cancer, how it may take her life. It reminded me of my grandfather who’s life was taken by cancer. It’s… not a fun subject. But I got to thinking about what exactly...
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Autism Fears – Do you share these?
Autism awareness, for many, only includes the facts and figures, the stories of heartache and the “struggle” that the media likes to talk about so much. It gives parents so much fear in their hearts...
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The Happy Birthday Colin fan page vs the ghost of Christmas future
I’m sure you’ve heard of it by now but if not, there’s a Facebok fan page out there called Happy Birthday Colin that a mother created for her son to prove to him that there are caring people in the...
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The one thing I wish I could tell every depressed autistic child
Since starting Autcraft, I’ve talked to a lot of depressed autistics, mostly children. Many of them were suicidal. This is not something I recommend for most people to ever try. It is a very heavy...
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