Category Archives: Autism

Chris’ Blindness: Follow-up

My brother Chris had his surgery last week. It was “amazingly” successful, according to his doctor, who then patted himself on the back. He seems to be able to see just fine again, as evidenced by the fact that during … Continue reading

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Chris’ Blindness

About 2-3 years ago, my brother Christopher started to have eye issues. I am not sure exactly what caused it, but he had to have surgery for a detached retina. Because he does not talk, his problems were discovered too … Continue reading

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incident with Chris

I can tell you right now this is probably going to be a rambling post. It’s one of those things I just need to get out – actually, I have a couple of venting blog posts coming up, so we … Continue reading

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why? thoughts on autism

When I was in the 10th grade, my English teacher assigned a short story as one of our reading assignments. I don’t remember the name of the story or the author, but I remember the content very well. Basically, it … Continue reading

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okay, more on Chris

I just remembered that I wrote a long email to another mom who had asked me what it was like growing up with an autistic sibling, because she has two kids, one who is on the autism spectrum. I was … Continue reading

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Kindle and autism

As I have mentioned before, I buy most of my books from Amazon Kindle now. I have the Kindle for iPhone app and I love it. Its existence has improved my life for two reasons: I cannot put a book … Continue reading

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