The Joy of Autism

What Might Derrida Say About Autism and Language?

Adam types, mostly independently, and also with various modes of assistance. Of late, he has developed his grammatically perfect sentences and I have to wonder about teaching the system of language. To most, this should be a heralded moment when Adam...

Published Sat, Nov 16 2013 10:22 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, communication, autism, Community

The Alligator King’s Seventh Son

Adam had a more verbal day today. I guess that’s normal lingo for a family with an autistic child who has real trouble with verbal communication. One his “more verbal” days, he can get out phrases and sometimes full sentences. He can...

Published Wed, Oct 14 2009 2:30 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Parenting an Autistic Child, Adam, Autism and Intelligence, Joy, Parenting and Divorce, communication

One tough little egg at the EEG

Well, we attempted the EEG with zero success. Adam is an antsy kind of guy and even chlorohydrate does not put him to sleep as hospital staff had hoped. From past dental surgeries, I knew it would not, but I was hoping it would make him drowsy enough...

Published Tue, Dec 15 2009 12:59 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam

Autistic Kids Not Prone to Contagious Yawning???

“The news Just came in From the County of Keck That a very small bug By the name of Van Vleck Is yawning so wide You can look down his neck. This may not seem Very important, I know. But it is. So I’m bothering Telling you so. A yawn is quite...

Published Fri, Sep 17 2010 2:46 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Autism and The Media, Autism Theories

Autistic Teenager Tipped for Nobel Prize

It is important to remember what autistic people can do in light of my previous post this morning of autistic people being confined to the isolation rooms and separate schools. Imagine the emotional and intellectual starvation of most autistic children...

Published Fri, Nov 22 2013 6:43 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Autism and Learning

Please help to stop the ghost and “tunnel tours” at the Mimico Lunatic Asylum/Lakeshore psychiatric

Please help to stop these tours. I have offered to post the letter created by my colleauge, Tracy Mack: September 1st, 2014 marked the 35th year of the Mimico Lunatic Asylum/Lakeshore psychiatric hospital, now Humber College, closing their doors. In 2008...

Published Mon, Oct 27 2014 3:31 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Institutions

“We Are A Critical Mass of Wretches” – Larry Bissonnette

I am blissfully tired after our second day at the Communication Institute in Syracuse. This is Adam’s first autism conference and all that stuff that was happening beforehand has abated. He is happy here and spending time in a workshop in the mornings...

Published Tue, Jul 16 2013 3:03 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Uncategorized, Development, Writing, Acceptance, Joy, communication, Inspiration, Computing/iPad

H1N1 Vaccine Day

Nope. No qualms about it here. When it comes to life or death, or the risk thereof, it’s a no-brainer. Today we line up at our local clinic. Pack the backpack with food, toys, books, lollipops (wasn’t my last post about the dentist…oh...

Published Sun, Nov 08 2009 6:16 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Autism and Vaccines

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

Repost from 2007: A Review of Autreat

Last weekend, I attended my first conference in over two years. It was the Blogher Conference in New York City where I met up with fellow autism-mom bloggers. I remarked on how I noticed the positive attitudes towards autism among parents that wasn’t...

Published Fri, Aug 13 2010 7:21 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Acceptance, Advocacy, Organizations/Events

My First Impressions of IMFAR 2012

This is my first IMFAR 2012 in my hometown, Toronto. Let me just say, I think that everyone who attends IMFAR should attend AUTCOM and AUTREAT and be exposed to autism conferences run by autistic people. Temple Grandin, in receipt of her Advocate Award...

Published Fri, May 18 2012 9:13 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Research

Autism Strategy Masks Societal Exclusion of Autistic Ontarians: Ottawa Citizen

Dr. Anne McGuire, Dr. Patty Douglas and myself have written an Op Ed piece today in The Ottawa Citizen. “It is dangerous to assume the problem is autism rather than society’s failure to recognize autism as a way of being which cannot simply...

Published Wed, Apr 20 2016 6:52 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: ABA

Another Lesson In Single Autism Mom Land

We hate it when we see our children get sick. When we watch them suffer, all we say is that we wish we could suffer for them. Honestly, watching Adam be ill is one of the hardest things. Yet I know what to do. I know how to take care of him. As a single...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 4:58 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Single Parenthood

More Than Their Genes

Here is the Letter To The Editor I wrote that made the Globe and Mail today regarding Carolyn Abraham’s article on autism and genetic testing (see also previous post). Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 12 2010 5:19 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Advocacy

Autistic Development and Those So-Called “Issues”

One of the most talked about issues in autism is the issue of verbal communication or “functional” speech. That is, speech that is reciprocal, social, conversational. For Adam, there have been major challenges in this area and he has had to...

Published Thu, Jul 01 2010 5:18 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Autism and Learning, Development, Autism and Intelligence, communication, Sensory Differences

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