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for today's Autism Hopes post on To The Max a Parents.com blog

We Don't Ride in Helicopters and The Boy Can't Draw the Skyline from Memory Either.

I don't what it was about last week but for some reason this Stephen Wiltshire photo was making the facebook rounds. For those who don't know, Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic savant and The Boy - obviously, hence this blog - is autistic too.

Someone tagged me in this photo. Two or three posted this on my wall. Someone sent it via facebook message. And someone else emailed it to me.

There captions were all pretty much the same: "WOW!" "OMG!" or "AMAZING!"

I know why they sent it. It's sweet, they are thinking of me.  Of us.  

And while I really really really do appreciate the thought, I kind of want to say two things:

1. The Stephen Wiltshire story came out in 2009 (maybe earlier). I've seen it.
2. The Boy is not autistic like Stephen. 

Stephen is a savant. And The Boy is not. And The Boy's art work looks more like this:

"Over the Rainbow" 2011

Norrin's "House" 2011

"Gumballs" 2012

And for me, The Boy's art work is just as WOW worthy as Stephen's.

So thank you to all who shared Stephen's art with me but The Boy's autism is not like Stephen's.  

Check out other autism myths & misconceptions I've heard by clicking HERE, for my lastest Autism Hopes post Parents.com blog post on To The Max. 

“He Doesn’t Look Autistic” and Other Autism Misconceptions 

    

  

Autism Hopes NEW on Parents.com (YAY!)

It's 6 am and I'm getting ready for BlogHer 12. In case you missed it on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest yesterday I announced some pretty BIG blog news.  


Ellen Seidman, blog writer extraordinaire, asked me (ME!) to guest post a weekly series on one of her Parents.com blog To The Max.


Obviously I said YES!


The weekly (Wednesday) series is called, Autism Hopes.  And my first post went live yesterday.  


5 Things You Don't Know About an Autism Parent 

Prior to the diagnosis, I knew very little about children with autism. And I knew even less about the parents who raised them. There wasn’t a single parent I could turn to for advice or support. But in these last four years, I’ve met so many inspiring moms and dads with kids on the spectrum. And I’ve learned just as much from them as I have from Norrin.

So what are the 5 things about an autism parent? Click HERE to find out. Hope you like my first post and would love to hear your thoughts.