Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Leo loves beads. Loves them. Especially if they are on strings, and he can rub them in his hands and mak...

Leo takes hundreds of selfies on his iPad. This is definitely my favorite of his sequences so far.

Today Mali made a major word score on the SpellTower app with ' pilum ,' which is a Roman javelin. "I know about this because ...

Please read Don't Be a Hero . It's an important essay on why folks who work or volunteer with people with disabilities need to rethi...

It's been a while since I did a laundry-listing post. But the last ten days have been so overwhelming, in terms of emotional intensity...

Photo © Merrick Brown at Flickr That's what the well-meaning blinds salesperson who just left my house asked me, after I told her I ...

Seymour's folks were here for the weekend, to attend the big fundraiser for Leo's school, and to watch Iz play soccer. The kids al...

Leo grooving on the sandstone at La Jolla Cove That's what autistic advocate Kassiane Sibley asked today . So, for those who mis...

It's World Autism Acceptance Day ! Which I'm going to take on in two parts. First, let's talk about apps for autistic kids, be...

By now I'm sure you've heard the new "1 in 50" CDC prevalence numbers for autism [link to Emily Willingham's excellen...

Photo credit: CDC Are you part of the pro-vaccine mega majority? Do you wonder why mini-minority groups who distrust vaccines get such o...