Experts Share Tips to Keep Families Together
Raising a child with a disability requires parents to learn about and deal with multiple specialists, various healthcare systems, and
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Marriage Planning for Adults with Disabilities
Adults who experience disabilities have many of the same dreams that adults without disabilities have. Marriage is one of those
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We’ve Been to Hell and Back, So Don’t Say I Never Took You Anywhere
Ten years ago today Pita and I said I do. It was a million degrees that day in Mobile Alabama, and I literally felt as though I was melting. We had no clue how turbulent our journey together would be. That day we never even considered it….
Read moreKeeping Your Marriage Strong
I’ve covered a lot of topics that parents of a child with autism deal with. One topic that I have
Read moreStanding Still and Flying By
Alex’s diagnosis may seem like an eternity ago when it was actually only 12 years ago. One of my early
Read moreEngaging Your Spouse
He kisses her on the cheek, slings his golf bag over his shoulder and heads out the door with a breezy,”Don’t worry, honey, he’ll
Read moreMarriage and “The Explosive Child”
My first husband was killed. For the next 9 years I was on my own with the “joys” and frustrations
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Autism Risk & Half-Siblings
My child from a previous marriage has autism. I’m now remarried and wondering what the chances are that we
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Marriage and Autism
So I have wanted to write this post for a while now, but I have been thinking hard on what
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To “Make the Best of It.”
For a long time in my life, I was very depressed. I wasn’t going anywhere, doing anything, I had no
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