by Susan McCorkindale | Sep 9, 2021 | Confessions
Like all good parents, I have done nothing but love my son. His grandparents, aunts, and uncles love him too and have gone above and beyond to always show him. First class tickets to Manchester, England to watch Manchester United play? No problem. Hours and hours on...
by Susan McCorkindale | Oct 31, 2018 | Autism
Autism News You Can Use, the YouTube program I launched a few months ago in conjunction with Flaws Are The New Black, now has its own channel. This is bad, because all of you who subscribed to Flaws will no longer get to see it, but good because you can subscribe to...
by Susan McCorkindale | Sep 21, 2018 | Autism, Confessions
Like every other kid on the planet, I wanted my driver’s license. It didn’t matter that I was an absolutely terrible driver, the kind that clips corners, hits curbs, and knocks down street signs when making a right, and who has an uncanny ability to make a...
by Susan McCorkindale | Sep 18, 2018 | Autism, Confessions
We’ve all got something that makes us different, thank God. Can you imagine a world of cookie cutter, Stepford people? Beam me up, Scotty, ’cause I’m not sticking around for that. But we all have things in common, too. I always wish we’d look...
by Susan McCorkindale | Sep 6, 2018 | Autism, Confessions
Music Speaks Autism speaks through music, and for my son Casey, it always has. As a very young child, a rushing, swirling, full-bodied overture in a movie would bring him to tears. I recall thinking, “How sweet, he’s a mush like me!” but no. His...