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Blog entries by vickygleitz
My 20 year old, multiple-disabled son will be taking the first large step in helping to put together an Autistic community within an already existing community. He has the down payment [from pooper-scooping, dogwalking, collecting cans from fields,etc.] from saving since he was nine years old[...
One of the many intentions for AutHaven was to provide more comfortable "Autistic space" than is generally found in the NT world.
We decided that we needed a place that was fairly quiet, had no nasty fluorescent lights, and was situated in the midst of great natural beauty.We also needed...
Such a diverse group of people attended AutHaven, from those struggling to survive on SSI to those who were in their early forties but could afford to comfortably retire now if they chose to. From a nudist, to a male gay kabuki nun. From a chef to a young woman studying to be a neurologist...
The first annual AutHaven took place this past February at a nudist resort in the mountains of Colorado. I had actually been hoping to attend Autreat in PA, but the fees an the transportation costs made it costs prohibitive. I ha spoken to others who have always dreamed of attending who were...
Some mothers have an ocean full of love for their children. Others have a thimble full. Though my mother had more than an ocean full of love for my younger sister, and I [thought] had a thimble full for me, as a child,I was alright with that. My rationale, at the time, was that my sister was...
Many Autistics are "people who need people, in particular, other Autistic people " Others prefer isolation, including from others who are Autistic. This is for those who believe that Autistics CAN work together, NEED to work together, to have the most awesome life possible, not for those who...
It wasn't as though I hadn't heard of Autism back then.It's just...well..the criteria for diagnosis was different in the late fifties and early 60's. .My mom worked as a part -time registered nurse a few nights a week during a time when most women worked at home as "housewives." Though she was...