by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 12, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Spirituality
From Nashville-based (daily MUST read) "Spirit Coach" Gregory Fisher, via his June 16, "Gregory Fisher's Treat Yourself to Your Best" This post is entitled "Under the Circumstances": "Do we ever find ourselves saying,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 30, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!
Ever read a story and suddenly found yourself crying? You realize your eyes are brimming. Sometimes you are so moved, the tears create a downward stream. You reach for a tissue and dab, or you swipe your cheeks with the back of your hand. Yesterday morning, watching...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 23, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol’s Work opens in Nashville's Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 24 through Sept. 11, 2011. The exhibition, organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in partnership with the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, unites...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 14, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
This summer 12 children and youth with autism are stepping into the footlights in a unique theatrical intervention program called SENSE Theatre, created to improve the social and emotional functioning of children and youth with autism. Initially established in...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 2, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Gayle Lee, my friend and a mentor-from-a-distance, was always blazing trails of creativity, accesibility and spirituality for her own daughter with autism. Grace and I would pursue a unique or seldom pursued (in the autism/disAbility community) activity or lead and...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 31, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, H2H, Our Book, Nashville!
Funny how life works. Meeting friends and friends of friends for drinks led to a lead of a local photographer who photographs special needs children. That's how I first met Nashville native Rebekah Pope in Fall 2008 when she did a portrait session with my...
