The Joy of Autism

“It’s a fine balance.”

Recently, John Travolta admitted his recently deceased son Jett was autistic: Travolta recounted in last week’s testimony how he tried to revive Jett, 16, who had fallen after a seizure in a family vacation home on Grand Bahama island. The actor...

Published Wed, Sep 30 2009 5:25 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Celebrity Advocacy, Parenting an Autistic Child, Activism

Lazy Days of Summer

Well here we are, mother and son enjoying some quiet cottage days before the hectic pace of September. There’s something to be said for spending quiet times of doing little else than reading, walking, painting, boating, swimming, eating and just...

Published Wed, Aug 26 2009 2:48 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Anxiety

Before Motherhood: The Child In Me

This is me in 1981. I’m singing at St. Michael’s Choir School Stage with our band “Maurader.” Those were the days… every weekend jamming in someone’s basement. I played keyboard and as you can well see, sang. I think...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2009 9:11 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Estee

The last sweet days of summer 2009

It was a happy and a sad day, Adam’s last day of the day camp he has been attending for the past three years. I remember when he was very little — around three — when I’d drive him in for a half day. I worried so much in those...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2009 5:46 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Autism and Learning

Disability Studies Online

Critical Disability Studies is a growing field of study which studies the history of disability and contemporary disability issues in the humanities and the sciences. If you do not have the time to attend full time studies, there is now an online option...

Published Thu, Aug 20 2009 7:10 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Critical Disability Studies

Top 50 Autism Blogs

We’ve been rated again. Only this time I rather enjoyed reading the thoughtful summaries of all the blogs they rated. No particular perspective is favoured here on this site as the spectrum of political viewpoints are all represented. Visit this...

Published Tue, Aug 18 2009 6:52 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Websites, Autism Websites

Ryan Barrett

This is Ryan Barrett. I do not know him. But he could be my son, Adam. He is beautiful. I’m sure he brought his family so much pride and joy. When I read the story that he was found dead I responded with unusual intensity. I feel as if I am looking...

Published Mon, Aug 17 2009 9:06 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Uncategorized

CBC’s “Positively Autistic” Wins Its First Award

Last year, I participated in this CBC documentary “Positively Autistic,” which first aired in October 2008. The documentary has received exceptional positive feedback and has won it’s first (note how I write first) award: http://www...

Published Tue, Aug 11 2009 10:34 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Autism and The Media

Super Boy

I take a moment to talk about Adam, which I do so little of lately. He has been the inspiration for this blog and all my thinking and rethinking about autism. He deserves a great deal of kudos for turning minds around. He goes to camp and he can make...

Published Tue, Aug 11 2009 6:10 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Development

Ontario’s Accessibility Act

By 2012, accommodating disabled persons in Ontario will become mandatory for all non profit organizations. Accommodating people with disabilities will be enforced, and this will make it necessary for all not for profit agencies — which includes...

Published Wed, Aug 05 2009 9:14 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Autism and Learning, Critical Disability Studies, Inclusion

Propulsion

Adam is learning to cycle. It is this cycling in the outdoors that keeps us alive in a time of change and confusion. It is a forward motion, it is a challenge to overcome negative thinking, the past, the things we can’t change. My cycling has become...

Published Tue, Aug 04 2009 6:44 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Estee

The Times, The Blogs Are Changing…

What’s a life anyway? A series of decisions, forks in the road, relationships, children. I consider that sometimes, people are afraid to make decisions and many let others make decisions for them. I do not want to live that life. Life is that proverbial...

Published Sun, Aug 02 2009 8:22 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Parenting an Autistic Child, Activism, Adam, Estee, Family

Learning About Adaptation On The Road

We are free to view life from many possible angles. I think I am making my way into singledom with grace. Those of you who have followed this blog might have noticed some soul searching buried within some of these posts. A surgery, a husband leaving,...

Published Thu, Jul 30 2009 9:00 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Estee, Single Parenthood

The Benefits and Consequences of Telling True Stories

This post is part of a series of posts I am writing on Writing About Disabled Children. —- We are all storytellers. The only difference is that some of us write things down. The other difference is that some writers are also artists — able...

Published Mon, Jul 06 2009 11:29 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Adam, Critical Disability Studies, Autism and The Media, Family, Writing, Art, Ethics, Discrimination

I’m Too Sexy For…

This month’s UTNE Reader has three superb articles on disability and design and disability and beauty. Long-time model, artist and prosthetic user (as well as designer) Aimee Mullins also writes, Prosthetic Power: Aimee Mullins redefines beauty...

Published Mon, Jul 06 2009 8:16 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Autism and Learning, Critical Disability Studies, Autism and The Media

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