I was 30 when my son’s Yeshiva principal called and asked to speak to my husband. When I pressed for details, I was told my 8-year-old was “awkward” and struggling, and that we should pursue testing. An evaluator within our Chassidic community in Brooklyn recommended an autism assessment. Soon after, several of my children received […]
I was 30 when my son’s Yeshiva principal called and asked to speak to my husband. When I pressed for details, I was told my 8-year-old was “awkward” and struggling, and that we should pursue testing. An evaluator within our Chassidic community in Brooklyn recommended an autism assessment. Soon after, several of my children received […]
My husband and I have two wild children. Our oldest has six behavioral diagnoses. We have always referred to him as an “extreme child” because everything he does is extreme. While doctors, teachers, or a bystander in Aisle 9 could focus on his extreme meltdown, he’s also extremely thoughtful, joyful, friendly, and hilarious. Our son […]
We have all been waiting. The act and practice of waiting dominated life during the pandemic. We waited to see friends and family, for test results, for toilet paper and Lysol, for a vaccination appointment and for the green light to be exposed in public. (Some of us are still waiting to clarify.) The pandemic […]
