by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 16, 2010 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Motherhood
Photo–protected by copyright: From Heartache to Hope photographer and book collaborator, Rebekah Pope The Blade Family At 17, Logan Blade is somewhat intense–not much on chitchat. Earphones plugged in or not, the rising senior is tapping a perpetual...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 14, 2010 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Obama/Politics
*photo: Mishelle Lane of Secret Agent Mama I've got a Bee in My Bonnet. And it's a BIG'un! We've entered a new phase of our disAbility journey. We're in high school now. All those years of attending workshops, seminars, classes and conferences,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 2, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce
National Autism Awareness Month (AAM) kicked off yesterday and today is World Autism Awareness Day. This month I'm ramping up this blog's coverage on autism. In addition to my weekly Wednesday Autism/DisAbility posts, some of the time I'll be bleeding the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 31, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability
After submitting my press credentials, I requested a press review copy of House Rules from the publisher. This is an independent review. "They tell me I'm lucky to have a son who's so verbal, who is blisteringly intelligent, who can take apart the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 24, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability
Do you know about TED? You must if you don't! It shouldn't have surprised me to discover, on someone's blog, Temple's on TED….The You Tube video, below, is is long. Eighteen minutes worth. BUT! It's an amazing lecture followed by an important...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 22, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
Goodbye 2009. That's right. Long-time Goodbye. It's the end of the third month of of the second decade of the new millennium, but I'm still saying Goodbye to the last. And that's because I'm Packing. Packing to leave this place. When I took this...