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  • Finding The Right Gifts for Special Needs Children
    December 5, 2012 Gary Yorke

    Finding The Right Gifts for Special Needs Children

    The gifts themselves almost seemed a desperate projection of the giver's wishes for her more than a reflection of her wishes. And they were well-meant wishes, but possibly indicated a failure to truly understand, or even accept Lily as she was.
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  • Immeasurable Gifts
    December 4, 2012 Gary Yorke

    Immeasurable Gifts

    On the day after Thanksgiving, I threw myself into Christmas.  I woke up my husband early and insisted he go and get the tree and ornaments out of storage.  It is our first Christmas in our new home, so I...

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  • I'm Thankful He Doesn't Fit In
    November 28, 2012 Gary Yorke

    I'm Thankful He Doesn't Fit In

    For years I've watched my son struggle to fit in. From the first day I dropped him at day care when he was two years old to the day I pulled him out of public school in the fourth grade;...

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  • Never judge a book by its cover
    November 23, 2012 Gary Yorke

    Never judge a book by its cover

    There are so many misconceptions about autism that I couldn't even begin to list them all here.  Admittedly,  when I first experienced my oldest being diagnosed with Aspergers, in 2005, I was full of misconceptions myself. However, seven years and a total of...

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  • Thanks for the Unicorns
    November 20, 2012 Gary Yorke

    Thanks for the Unicorns

    If I breathe, if I shift, if I scratch an itch, this tender, tenuous butterfly of familial intimacy will start and flutter away, and who knows when it will light once more.
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  • The Blessings of Being a Special Needs Mom
    November 19, 2012 Gary Yorke

    The Blessings of Being a Special Needs Mom

    Can I be honest? When I first thought of the title for this post, it left a bad taste in my mouth. “Blessing” and “special needs” in the same sentence? Surely not! How can going to therapy 1-3 times almost...

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  • Proud to be her mom
    November 13, 2012 Gary Yorke

    Proud to be her mom

    As I reflect on the qualities I most admire in my daughter there are so many stories that make me proud to be her mom. One stands out and shows the one quality I am most thankful for in her......

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  • What I am thankful for
    November 9, 2012 Gary Yorke

    What I am thankful for

    Through our years of seeking ways for my daughter to be a part of our community, the most special place we have found is as the manager/helper for our girls' high school soccer team. As I spend the month of...

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  • Thanks to the People Who Get It
    November 7, 2012 Gary Yorke

    Thanks to the People Who Get It

    We are a society of people who do not give "unnecessary" thanks. We don't go out of our way to praise people for doing the "right thing". And it doesn't matter why they're doing the right thing, whether it's their...

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  • As You Are: An Open Letter to My Son
    November 5, 2012 Gary Yorke

    As You Are: An Open Letter to My Son

    Dear Son, I don’t know if you will ever be able to read this. I don’t know that one day you won’t be able to read books of all kinds and share your thoughts with me. You are only three...

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  • 10 Blogs that inspire me
    October 22, 2012 Gary Yorke

    10 Blogs that inspire me

    As a blogger for quite some time now, I have sorta gravitated to certain types of bloggers. I tend to follow the bloggers that I can relate to. They aren't always special needs bloggers but they're real. By real I mean that...

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  • Having a sibling with autism
    October 16, 2012 Gary Yorke

    Having a sibling with autism

    Before I became a stay-at-home mom/zookeeper to four, I was the director of a nearby autism center. We ran all kinds of programs out of the university-based center but my favorites were the programs that involved the siblings. There was...

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