One Quarter Mama

ASD Canada Conference Logo 2016 Au-Some Conference Join Autism Canada and Every1 Games at the Au-Some Conference in Hamilton, ON, th...

Sandra Petojevic is an amazing story teller. She talks about how the way she sees the world, through the Asperger's lens, colours the c...

I've seen a lot of talk recently about people debating if and when they should disclose their child's autism diagnosis to them. I a...

I pretty much started this blog after the Little Man got his autism diagnosis. Not to say everything was peachy before then, but I wasn...

If you hang around here a lot, you'll know I refer to myself as Autistic (with a capital A) and not Asperger's. There are a couple ...

You don't usually hear conversations that go like this: "My son's eyes are blue."       "You must be strong. It...

I recently wrote about coming out Autistic at work and an update on that , but unlike a regular work day, an office party can throw a whol...

Speaking of appearances , this is the video we made in protest of Autism $peaks most recent "call to action."

Little Man playing with his new train set Three people gifted the Little Man train sets for his birthday . Of course! Why not? They all...

Gavin This Wondrous Wednesday I'm introducing Gavin: I'm 44, I live in Sydney, Australia and have been married to my child...

NOTE: This post was originally written April 2013, before I knew about how awful Autism $peaks is . I have chosen to leave it up ra...

It is wonderful that we've been moving from just words, to more full sentences . The things that come out of his mouth are surprising a...

I just read this great post in all the ways this particular mama feels raising her autistic children has made her a better person. No, i...

Over the last two months, the Little Man has been suffering from what seems to be one long virus that won't leave us. We've had...

No, our dinner table doesn't look like this every night! We've seen a nutritionist, a psychologist and an occupational the...

There are still some good people in the world. This is a great video from the show What Would You Do? which puts actors in with regular ...

Every night before bed, Hubby rocks the Little Man and I come in and get my good night kiss. I say "Good Night, Little Man" and s...

We finally finished the pre-school speech therapy evaluation today. Of course, she still has to go through her notes and write the report...

I have written many times about accepting my son how he is ( here , here and here ), but I'll admit, one thing I do not like about Asp...

The Little Man got approved for the Disability Tax Credit, much to both my surprise and joy. He qualifies until 2027. This also means we ca...