The autism community, especially, understands the need for compassion. At least when it comes to our sons and daughters with autism. We’re not the only ones with this need. Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, anyone, everyone, needs and deserves compassion....
“We need to talk.” It took a couple weeks and lots of calendar study, planning and a couple of false starts when unplanned events swiped our scheduled phone date. But, Debra Hosseini, founder of the blog/website, books and art networking and event...
Art is a window to the potential and beauty of individuals with disAbilities. Art whispers, lures, and transforms the heart. Art seduces the eyes then burrows into the heart’s core truth, transcending the societal barriers of stereotypes and labels. The first...
Sunday, I cried a lot. Not tears of sadness and pain, but outpourings of joy. The night before, Shimai Pottery & Gifts, in their “Studio Shimai” gallery, on the grounds of the nationally famous Loveless Cafe ,hosted EMERGING: Three Young Artists with...
Once upon a time, a three-year-old girl, named Grace Walker Goad, was diagnosed with autism. Her family enrolled their only child in all the typical, standard early-childhood interventions of the late 90s: group, private, and public school speech/language...
Growing up, our family was the go-to hosts for our faith community’s visiting speakers. Often the guests were international. Many years have passed—three decades—since I hosted international visitors, the last time being in my 20s while I lived in Atlanta. I had...
From Heartache to Hope: middle tennessee families living with autism, a book by Leisa A. Hammett & photographer Rebekah Pope. Click here for more info plus ordering details.
