by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 29, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Spirituality
What's the ridiculous statistic on the number of autism books published–per day, week, month? My writing coach shared it with me once. I cannot find it now, but if I didn't believe in the power of my own voice and have the umphhh of creative drive, I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 26, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Travel
Today I’m joining my Nashville friend, Courtney Taylor Evans, of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, in coaching parents and adults with disAbilites on how to write their story via Tennessee’s Kindred Stories project. (I’ve one on their website somewhere....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 22, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
Sometimes we "special needs parents" live in a fantasyland. A utopia created within the confines of our minds. An imagined world built from the answers to questions such as: What would life be like if our children were accepted as they are? What if their...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 19, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Travel
Today, I am Baltimore bound where I'll be speaking tomorrow, Saturday, April 20, at the Honestly Autism Day conference. wOOT! These folks share my ideas on autism, apparently, and I'm very happy the internet led their very friendly and competent conference...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 15, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Motherhood
In a moment's breather, I stood behind the counter and surveyed the packed house. That's when I saw her down at the counter's end where she stood scanning the choices of appetizers before her. She'd arrived sometime during the night's hustle at my...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 12, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Travel
Cloning oneself is necessity for our community during April, which is national Autism Awareness Month. It's also the threshold of gotta-get-outside-and-play spring events, cool retreats, and the Nashville Film Festival, and, of course, all things autism....
