No, we don’t “got milk” here; my small family all got sick this week; we’ve always got hope.

Got Autism? (asks PETA)
PETA puts up a billboard in Newark NJ and takes it down.
Is That a Tattoo With……Your Mom’s Cell Number?
Of Safety Tats and other ways to keep a child safe.
McCarthy’s, Er, “Autism” Pole
Jenny McCarthy puts a stripper pole in her son’s room.
What! No Hoodies?!!!!?!!!?!
Imagine life without a hoodie for warmth and to block out noise—no thanks.
Beware Jenny McCarthy and Her Angry Mob
She’s got a mob (of “mother warriors,” presumably”—quite an image.
Autism Genes, Math, and Music
The …read more

This is the final paragraph of an article in the July 6th Scotland on Sunday about 20-year-old Dale Gardner, who was severely autistic as a child, and his mother, Nuala Gardner.
His mother is bursting with pride. When she first found out about Dale, part of her grieving process was to wonder if it would have been better if he had never been born. “But just look,” she says, “at the son I’ve got now.”
I’ve always been so glad I had Charlie, to hold in my arms when he was little, on tough days and glorious ones; to walk side by …read more