Will I feel comfortable with Isaac being aware of this blog as and when he acquires the ability to? That I’m actually penning this pontification suggests futility writ large.
As a fairly steadfast secular Jew, religion in its singular, most fundamental form was never going to be an (al)mighty force in Isaac’s upbringing. Secular Judaism serves up head-scratchers
I was delighted to be asked to review In A Different Key for the publisher, Pelican Books. Here’s what I wrote: There’s a brief but reflective detour in this
The very things that many people think make the world go round, actually make the world go wrong for anyone associated with autism. Hustle and bustle, chin-wagging, dropping everything
How Isaac’s autism plays out physically never used to weigh too heavily on me. Mainly because it was as a mental condition that I’d feel its full force. With
Is it too severe to say autism serves up a degree of daily dread on parents? Perhaps not. There’s certainly a never ending sense of uncertainty. We awake to
With Father’s Day beckoning, now could be the time to indulge in fatherhood musings. How my son, Isaac, has affected any perceptions I may have had. How he enriches
There’s an invisibility shrouding autism that I see vividly, as if in neon lights, so evident is it. People will themselves to perceive anything but autism. Whether through well
Isaac’s immersion into his specialist school (for children with high functioning autism) has shown some of the marks of a fairly bruising process. And the onerous work has only