The Joy of Autism

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I always knew Adam was a tough little egg. As I had written earlier today, he defied the sleep aid in the hospital that would knock, likely, a typical kid on their back. Not my Adam; he was fighting this sleep. Maybe he was determined to defy any hospital...

Published Tue, Dec 15 2009 6:51 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Single Parenthood, Joy

Just because he’s laughing….

All of us have encountered ongoing misunderstandings about our autistic children. Adam, going through something at the moment, could also very well be going through stress. Perhaps delayed, perhaps not, what really worries me is the assumption that just...

Published Wed, Dec 16 2009 9:33 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Family, Discrimination

The New World of Single Motherhood and The Autistic Child

Wow. I’ve been reading blogs in my time alone since Adam went down to Florida with his dad. I’ve got a week to myself and I suppose because of the worry about Adam the past two weeks, my own immune system went down and I spend my week alone...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2009 8:30 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Family, Single Parenthood, communication, To Get To The Other Side

Rethinking Autism…dot com

Rethinkingautism.com is a site that has taken The Autism Acceptance Project goals to a new level. “One video at a time,” they seek to use the same tools that media use in shifting and reframing the dialogue about autism: Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2009 12:34 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Celebrity Advocacy, Activism, Websites, Acceptance, autism, Autistic Self Advocacy

Tis The Season To Love

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Barb and Tim Farlow and Justice for Annie. She has been interviewed in Bloom, Bloorview Kid’s Rehab’s magazine in For The Love of Annie. I’ve known Barb for a few years now and the work she has done...

Published Tue, Dec 22 2009 1:07 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Acceptance, Joy

Merry Christmas

I’m wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas, and if you get caught in the snow, may a fire let you gather with those you love and warm your hearts. Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 23 2009 3:53 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Uncategorized

Do You See?

“You didn’t see me.” That must be the most popular line of relationship distress we’ve all ever heard and the reason for much heartache. With those who are closest to us, we yearn to be seen meaning, we want to be seen for who...

Published Tue, Dec 29 2009 7:33 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Critical Disability Studies, Writing, Book Reviews

Moonstruck

I am moonstruck in Miami. I kid you not that while this is an Internet image I’ve just found, it just about looks what I saw this evening rising at sunset. My dad, the photographer, got some real shots of it which I may post tomorrow. It’s...

Published Thu, Dec 31 2009 6:57 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Adam, Family, Joy

It’s gotta be in 20-10

You know that feeling. You wake up in the morning and you can just feel what kind of day it’s going to be. It happened for me the moment I saw the moon rise over the ocean in Miami at the moment the sun was also setting — that rare “blue...

Published Sun, Jan 03 2010 7:09 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Inclusion, autism

Somewhere in between: the truth and fiction behind autism and divorce rates

I feel manipulated. Not by a person, but by the many messages I am getting about autism and high divorce rates. Imagine me now looking through new eyes. Adam’s dad and I have been separated for little over a year now. Last night on TVO aired Autism...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 10:27 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Celebrity Advocacy, Family, Single Parenthood, Acceptance

Travel and The Autistic Child

Curiousity is a wonderful human trait. Adam is autistic and while he needs some regularity and structure and familiar environments, he also needs to explore new ones. He is curious. He likes to explore — in his own time — new foods, new things...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 7:23 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Single Parenthood, To Get To The Other Side, Travel

Restraint as behavioural tactic on CBC tonight

Tonight on The Fifth Estate we can watch the documentary Out of Control which addresses how youth and the mentally ill are treated for their behaviours by the use of restraint. Ashely Smith, once detained, committed suicide. Yesterday, Boy Interrupted...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 2:14 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Activism, Critical Disability Studies, Ethics, Discrimination, Acceptance

Thanks, 2009

My little ditty (video) came out very little. I wrote a post with this but it also deletes the video (I know, it was me) and I am letting go of struggling to make it bigger. So grab a magnifying glass… the beginning is a white owl flying in the...

Published Sun, Jan 10 2010 4:40 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: To Get To The Other Side

Thank you, 2009

My little ditty (video) came out very little. I wrote a post with this but it also deletes the video (I know, it was me) and I am letting go of struggling to make it bigger. So grab a magnifying glass… the beginning is a white owl flying in the...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 1:58 PM by Estée Klar

Filed under: To Get To The Other Side

My Kind of Welcome Mat

Some of you know that I have curated a few exhibitions. In 2005 and 2006 I curated two exhibitions in Toronto regarding autism in attempt to question stereotypes. On Valentines Day, I will be moving into my new home with Adam. It’s a cheesy holiday...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 6:59 AM by Estée Klar

Filed under: Critical Disability Studies, Art

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