Yesterday our pooch, Pippi, was 1 year old. Isn't she gorgeous? She is a darling dog, and happily, she seems to like living with us, enj...

Via Michelle Dawson's Autism Crisis blog, I have just read a recent Salon article about the supposed "burgeoning "autism cult...

I was very interested to read a few comments on my "Horse Boy" blog post from Kristin Neff, the mother of the child featured in t...

There's this great blog called A Touch of Alyricism that I've been reading for a few years. It's not updated all that frequentl...

Lady has been staying with one of her friends and her family in their Donegal caravan for a few days. Gordon and I took the boys into Belfas...

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network working with the Dan Marino Foundation and Kent Creative have developed the following excellent video ou...

Duncan just asked me to help him update his blog. He's put up some pictures of Thomas & Friends trains...in pieces . One of them is ...

A few weeks ago I shared some thoughts on a recently published book, a new addition to the autism-parent canon. In this one, instead of usi...

This has been a good Friday so far. Right now, Lady is at the cinema with 2 friends. They're watching Race to Witch Mountain . Duncan is...

It was wonderful. We left the children in the capable hands of their grandparents and headed off to the airport. As soon as we left home, I ...

After all the stresses and strains of the past few days, I am so very happy to be going away for the weekend with Gordon to Paris. Photo ...

Gordon and I took Duncan to the doctor yesterday. In my referral letter, they'd said that the building was being renovated in parts so w...

I listened to Stephen Nolan's bumptious phone-in show on local radio this morning. He had a few people on discussing our climate change ...

I've had better days. Sure I've had worse, but I'm worn out and feeling negative. Dealing with Duncan today was no picnic. He...

I spent most of Paddy's Day '09 with my 2 boys. We baked cakes then covered them with green icing and jelly beans. A few special ...

Happy Paddy's Day to each and every one of you who read what I spew forth onto this blog via my cracked laptop every so often. Photo ow...