Andy Areffi

That’s the first line of our book, Navigating Autism. Someone asked me recently why we chose that as our opening line, so here’s the explanation. When we stated dealing with this seven years ago, we were filled with fear, anger, frustration and guilt. “How could this happen to me?” “What did I do to deserve … Read more

Autistic kids aren’t big on communication, usually. But a lot of them like to write, or be on the computer. Kennedy really needed to work on her writing skills – and assumes that even cartoon characters will respond. So she started a letter writing campaign. First, it was just letters to us, pushed under the … Read more

Alex just bridged to Webelos in Cub Scouts last week. It was very cool. His den had kinda dissolved last year, leaving him the lone Bear Cub. He was undaunted, and wanted to press on. The Webelos – the boys a year ahead of him, and the older Boy Scout troop took him in. They … Read more