by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 17, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability
Twice last week, I was engaged in conversations with mothers who stammered in describing and apologizing for their offspring's disAbilities. In light of autism, ADD, said one mother, was of little measure. Another mother minimized her child's significant...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 12, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, H2H, Our Book, Technology/Blogging
Social Media. Why bother? If you are a writer in this millennium and even more importantly, a book author, to not be doing social media is to be a dinosaur. Jus' sayin'. And even if you are not a writer but own a business or offer a service, social media is...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 10, 2010 | Autism/Disability
Photo: ernstl Conservative. The word has multiple meanings depending on the context in which it's used. Most often in my neurotypical sphere, it's used in conversation about politics. Or religion. In another realm of my world–the weird world of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 8, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Nature, Spirituality
After she had opened the bounty of gifts we other mothers of children with autism had bought for her to re-establish her home–destroyed by Hurricane Katrina–Joyce wiped her tears and shared that she never understood those people on television…The...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 3, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability
Chantal Sicile-Kira, an advocate and author of five books on autism, recently published 41 Things to Know about Autism. With more than 25 years of first-hand experience, Sicile-Kira was first introduced to the disorder during her employment at a state hospital where...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 26, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability
Painting: "Calla3," by Lisa ErnstThough their subject focus and styles differ, two Nashville artists connect through their love of nature and their professional ties to medicine. Susan Goshgarian McGrew is a physician specializing in children with autism and...
