By Sherri Mendez
Marilyn Rose Mendez was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder when she turned four. From age two on, she began changing, avoiding eye contact, being overly hyper, and not crying out when she hurt herself by accident.
Taking Marilyn on a simple trip to the store has become difficult for us while we are with [...]
By Massimo Nardi via his parents
Hi! My name is Massimo Nardi. I am 4 years old. When I was eight months old I began having a serious form of seizures called Infantile Spasms. I went through two very painful rounds of treatment in order to stop these from continuing because if we couldn’t control them [...]
Yesterday my brother David Crook and I reveled in the stark beauty and promise we found at McDowell Mountain Regional Park near Scottsdale, Arizona. Too early for the carpeting of brilliant wildflowers and cactus blossoms, we still knew we’d find subjects for our cameras.
And we did. Mostly desert driftwood and dying trees. We rejoiced in [...]
By Judy Vorfeld
This beautiful young woman is one of many of my talented nieces. She grew up living on Lake Quinault, Washington, and has always loved music. I wonder if it’s because her mother, Jennifer, is a talented musician, and so is her grandmother, Carolyn Downing, and so was her great-grandmother, Ethel Crook.
Wonderful, gifted [...]
By Susan Wickham
In 2010, my thirteen-year-old son, Gabriel Kakitis, was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome and severe social anxiety. Asperger’s Syndrome is also known as High Functioning Autism.
He is sweet, kind, brilliant, and adorable. His wit is sharp and his uniqueness is endearing. He loves Nintendo, computers, riding his dirt bike, soft things, little things and [...]
Bellingham, Washington has an amazing poetry contest in honor of my maternal grandmother, Sue C. Boynton. Here is one of the 2010 winners, Luke Reinschmidt, presenting his work, “I Remember.”
Bellingham, Washington has an amazing poetry contest in honor of my maternal grandmother, Sue C. Boynton. Here is one of the 2010 winners, Kevin Murphy, presenting his work, “The Falling Apart.”
