by Leisa A. Hammett | May 15, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Nashville!
The email account I forget to check? Last night it had an invite to this release party scheduled for this afternoon. No can do. Boo hoo! I'd already decided to post this today anyway. So, WATCH THIS! You'll be glad you did. But first: grab a hankee!...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 13, 2013 | Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!, Newtown, Obama/Politics
A longer version of this ad ran in yesterday's Tennessean: Here's the link: http://data.tennessean.com/~adservices/ads/gunad.pdf
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 10, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!
Scene: Wednesday after school, Grace delivered freshly assembled GraceArt Notecard II Sets to Tennessee Art League on Nashville's gallery row, Fifth Avenue of the Arts next to The Arts Company. Today, she's off to Disney World with her Dad. I'm traveling...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 8, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!, Travel
Grace has six more days of traditional public school left. That's minus two for a long weekend trip to Disney World with her Dad. Graduation is May 18. Today, I'll be working with a young adult woman with autism to prepare 450 plus packets of GraceArt...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 22, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
Sometimes we "special needs parents" live in a fantasyland. A utopia created within the confines of our minds. An imagined world built from the answers to questions such as: What would life be like if our children were accepted as they are? What if their...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 10, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
THIS is what it's going to take folks! Especially here in state disAbility-services poor, Tennessee: entrepreneurship, as demonstrated by young adult Leo Kennedy, who's written his first book, Devin and the Greedy Ferret...
