by Leisa A. Hammett | May 2, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Weave in. Weave out. Delicate at times. Boisterous and rocking and raucous at others, this dance of mother-daughter. The same child-turned young woman who locked me in my bedroom last night in some sort of weird, unspoken developmentally delayed adolescent...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 27, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
Today is the 74th birthday of my friend, spiritual mentor and companion, Rev. Dr. David Kenneth Wheaton, Ph.D. But, no bother. He's not big on numbers because he's "not a number." Ken, rather, is 74-years-young. As we spend time together in public I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 25, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Nashville!
The lights were off and the chirping cricket chorus was deafening. For a year, my dear publisher and collaborator-photographer and I had a serious disagreement with the charity benefiting from our book, From Heartache to Hope: Middle Tennessee Families Living...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 19, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!
Last weekend Grace and I traveled to her show in Athens, Tenn., at the McMinn Living Heritage Museum. This small town hosts a featured artist for Autism Awareness Month each year. Chattanooga Times-Free Press reporter Randall Higgins made the hour-trek over to Athens...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 13, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Great coverage by Tennessean reporter Jessica Bliss who got it, as are other media reports and reporters these days. It's been a long road since 2000, when we began getting deserved coverage. Reporters are getting that autism doesn't go away. It's not all...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 11, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
Thanks to WSMV Channel 4, Nashville, reporter Dennis Ferrier, for coverage that captured the passion as well as the essence of our national crisis. My addendum: While change is slow, I am sensing momentum and am feeling hopeful. It’s going to take all of us...
