The Weight of a Diagnosis

This is the second of a multi-part series of postings that’ll describe our life with our son up to today. During the course of this series you’ll learn about the symptoms of an Autistic child that started to materialize in our son, how he received his diagnoses, the importance of a support network, the various [...]

Why You Should Choose Your Charity Carefully

Autism Diva recently reported on the Autism Speaks organization’s form 990 filing with the IRS, where she pointed out some interesting things about their operation.
 For example, she makes note of the fact that the organization lost $84,749 on a May 8th “fund-loser” that took place in New York and which included Tony Bennett (presumably as a [...]

A Star That Fell Through The Sky

I’ve received the feedback that although drawings, races and the health care system can be interesting, what people really want to know is about what parents of Autistic children go through in their day to day, so this posting is a response to that request. In fact, this is the first of a multi-part series [...]

Congratulations to the winner of our first monthly drawing

When I first started this campaign, I made a personal appeal to several of my friends, family and colleagues to make a donation. As an added incentive, I promised to hold a monthly drawing (the first 3 months to start) for a $50 gift certificate to any of the following stores:

Is Health Care a Right?

In a previous posting I established that there are indeed a large number of uninsured Americans from a variety of places in life – employeed/unemployed, white/black/hispanic, citizens/non-citizens, under the poverty line as well as fully compensated. I also explained that the cost of Health Care is a major expense in my own budget; reportedly it’s [...]

Eating Dust In The Green Mountain State

The Covered Bridges Half-Marathon is one of the most popular of all races in the country. When registration opens in December, the race is full in a couple of hours (overheard during the race today). It’s reputed to have some of the most beautiful race course in the Northeast and the fact [...]

Integrating Autistic People Into Society

The Wellesley Townsman published an article last week on my fund-raising campaign and and they keyed in on the fact that my goal is to ensure that Julien is integrated in society. The article’s author also had a child with Autism and during our interview she immediately understood what I meant by my this comment [...]