Leaning In and Letting Go

It’s 3:00 pm on a weekend afternoon in Autumn.  I drove my three boys to a skateboard park we’ve been to before.  As we approach the skateboarding ramps, we notice a 16-year-old boy who happens to be our neighbor. “Carlos!!”  Brady shouts out.  Carlos looks up, nods but keeps his…

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Befriending Brady

Brady with a kind stranger dressed as Mario. Brady was so happy to meet Mario. "Can I go to your castle home?" “We have got to work on keeping these children engaged with the world.”– Temple Grandin on the importance of connecting autistic children with others and the world around themSurreptitiously,…

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