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 [...]

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 [...]

There’s No Dancing Under The Lights For Me Tonight

OK, so I ran Boston’s Run To Remember today….it wasn’t pretty, but I ran. I have no idea what temperature it was (somewhere in the 70’s), but it felt like the race ran right along the equator…I could have sworn I was in Key West or Cancun. I offer you this, of course, as [...]

I Run On The Road, Long Before I Dance Under The Lights

We now interrupt our regularly scheduled program on National Health Insurance to bring you this special message………………..
With only a few days left before my first race, it’s appropriate to get back “on message”. At this point, we’ve almost raised $3,000, thanks to the incredibly generous donations of a lot of people. However, this is just [...]

The DMC Waiting List: Signs of a Broken Medical Care System?

In the course of running this fundraising campaign, I’ve been meeting with and discussing with many people what the Childrens Hospital Boston’s Developmental Medicine Center (DMC) is about and many have expressed surprise at the 9 month waiting list to be seen by a doctor. In particular, some of my friends who live outside of [...]

Starting in the middle

Two days ago, I emailed all my friends and family to let them know about a quest I’ve embarked on to raise $50,000 for the Developmental Medicine Center at the Childrens Hospital Boston. This might seem like a good place to start my blog, since it is in fact a kind of start to this [...]