by Leisa A. Hammett | May 17, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!
Her on-air signature sound belies her youthful, roundish face, her flawless complexion framed with the deep, dark, sheeny, crinkle waves pinned back at her forehead. The smooth, calming voice is the one of flawless diction, of listen-to-me-command. It is the voice of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 16, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality
It's that nasty lil' thing we do–especially mothers–within the autism community. I've written about it here several times in a more general life context. It's a little bit of that ages-old keeping up the the Joneses self-inflicted torture....
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 11, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Travel
Grand tally: About 2,500 miles, nearly 40 hours driving and $700 worth of fossil fuels were logged, totaled and consumed by yours truly with a sidekick or two, sometimes including Grace, during April. How that went down: the last day of March, I hung GraceArt: Grace...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 9, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Admittedly, I'm tunnel visioned. I only have one child. She is not "neurotypical." Yet, I'm able to imagine that what I'm about to communicate here could apply to parents who have children without disAbilities. And that is, it's not a sprint....
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 7, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood
I think I have found the keys. They fit the three padlocks on the door behind which I have stood much of the last 17 years, my hand wrenching the door knob. I've stood on my tippy toes much of the time, one eye shut, the other eye muscled open wide, peering...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 4, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Nashville!
Some creative-thinking folks conjured up this event where I'll be speaking Sunday: In Middle Tennessee, we are very blessed to have a long-standing, highly successfully recreational and therapeutic horseback riding program for children and youth with disAbilities,...
