by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 29, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Technology/Blogging
My cozy intown writer's hideaway, Nashville Public Library. Photo: ©LeisaHammett.com, taken with my Droid camera phone and happily doctored with Pixlr-o-matic app–my latest down-time joyful "rest" obsession. Until my senior year in college, a lap...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 21, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in the dentist’s office waiting room. Grace, my teen daughter with autism, has been called back. I’m listening to the mostly unintelligible moans turned screams of an elementary school-aged boy, who, at the glance I stole when he...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 15, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
The Energizer Bunny ran out of batteries. Duh. And, I knew better. May came, the third art exhibit was hung, I went away for a private five day writer's retreat and I came back. Exhausted. The day after my return I went to my beloved gyn-nurse practitioner and...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 13, 2012 | Autism/Disability
"Persons with intellectual disability enjoy a special gift to emotionally connect with others on a deep level. May God let us, all, recognize and benefit from their God-given gifts. Persons with intellectual disability are 'blessed with a soul that is too...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 8, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
Parents, teachers express concern over MNPS cuts NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Around 130 Metro special education professionals are out of a job and wondering what happens next. Metro Nashville Public Schools announced positions would be cut, because federal...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 7, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
If you live in Tennessee, now you can wear your autism consciousness on your bumper–and not just via a magnetic ribbon or a sticker….We're talking a beautiful license plate (matches me blog right nice, eh?) co-designed by the talented Mary Sweeney of...
