Every once in awhile I feel the need to focus some attention on something that really needs to be addressed.  My trip up the soapbox today is brought to you by the semantics of #Autism. When I refer to the Semantics of #Autism, I'm referring to the splitting of hairs over word choice.  This has really become kind of disheartening and I'll tell you why.  Before I share why I find this disheartening, let me explain what's going on first.  Basically, this splitting of hairs is over whether one should say "a child with autism" or "an autistic child". In other words, if you are talking to someone about your child and Autism is brought up, should you say "Jonny has autism" or "Jonny is autistic"? In my opinion, either…

I grabbed this picture earlier. Emmett had fallen asleep while sitting with Mommy under the electric blanket on the couch. This was just too cute and I wanted to freeze that moment and subsequently share it with all of you. Isn't he just adorable? The correct answer is yes. :-) This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

Emmett had an afternoon snack, chocolate pudding,  and then feel fast asleep on the couch.  This is what we call a food coma. A food coma is when you fall fast asleep after eating a snack or dinner.  This is most common around Thanksgiving, for example.  :-) His pudding stained face is just so precious.  :-)

My boys are multitalented and I love them very much. Having said that, they seem to excel in one particular area.  They can go from a clean room to a complete disaster area in no time flat.  Every night before bedtime, their room gets picked up and shortly after waking up in the morning, this is what I find.  :'(

As a way of spreading #Autism Awareness, I thought it would be neat to share some of the things we love most about our kids on the #autism spectrum. I feel that we need to approach awareness in a different way. A less clinical and more personal way. To do this, I thought we could start out by simply sharing what we love most about our kids. It could be anything. Let's begin by focusing on a few positives and then we can move into others down the road. :-) I'm very happy to go first. One of the things I love most about my kids with #Autism is their ability to show compassion. They don't always understand the how's and why's but they can feel when something is wrong…