by LeisaHammett | Jun 8, 2018 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Uncategorized
In February, I stepped into a new role. Or, in someways a paid role of many of the things I was already doing. Here’s the deets as published on TennesseeWorks’s blog: What if, similar to the training families can receive about special education advocacy...
by LeisaHammett | Sep 4, 2017 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Travel, Uncategorized
A lot has happened in 30 years. Promotions, relocations; babies conceived and babies adopted. Two of the babies born with special needs. There’s been divorces, second marriages and second divorces. The babies grew up. Some flew the nest, a couple still remain....
by LeisaHammett | Aug 21, 2017 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Uncategorized
What a stark reminder: how far we have come in developmental disAbility services in our state. The pictured letter popped up in my “On this Day” Facebook feed this morning. It was two years ago that the state informed me that when I was 80, I’d get...
by LeisaHammett | Aug 14, 2017 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
“On this Day,” Facebook’s offering of what individual users posted two, three-plus years ago on a given day, sometimes surfaces things I’d rather forget. Today’s reminder felt good, however. A reminder of how far we have come and all the...
by LeisaHammett | Jun 15, 2017 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Obama/Politics
If you heard an angry roar today, it was a momma bear on the west side of town. There’s much of this journey into disAbility adulthood that reminds me of the shell-shocked uncertain steps we gingerly made at the beginning of this journey 20 years ago. ...
by LeisaHammett | Jun 5, 2017 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Mindful practices teach us to “watch our thoughts.” I’ve been watching. And lately, I’ve decided to wave a big ol’ yeller flag of caution. As I’ve navigated, with a nonexisting road map, the post-22 landscape of disAbilities—that...
