Thursday : Leo participated fully and joyously in an extended family-and-friends Thanksgiving. Two years ago this kind of festivity was unim...

So, you have a kid with autism and you know iPads can be awesome for kids with autism but your family budget isn't accommodating expens...

photo (c) 2010 Kelly Nicolaisen

Leo has had his iPad for six months now. It's hard to imagine our lives without it, honestly. What did we do? What did he do? (A hell of...

Reviewed by Isobel Rosenberg, age eleven When my mom first handed me Saving Hannah: Or How to Rewrite History by Andrea Stein, I was a li...

Sometimes I feel like we're living in the middle of an events tornado. It's exhilarating, but sometimes it's hard to catch our b...

And then, suddenly, Leo re-emerged as himself. All done, violence and aggression. It can't be all due to resuming routine, as we jumpe...

Leo spent Monday and Tuesday of this week in a state of agitation, specifically targeting Mali. While in hindsight there were several possib...

Look who's ten years old today! Doesn't he look handsome like his dad, and skeptical like his mom? I'll have to start telling hi...

photo (c) 2010 Kelly Nicolaisen This post is for the wonderful parents, educators, family members, and professionals who ask me, "W...

Here are some things Leo has learned this Halloween season : 1) Always go to the pumpkin patch . Try to do so late on a Monday afternoon, ...