Last February Juan placed a phone call to a doctor's office just outside of Chicago. We knew we wanted for this doctor to see Jacob and were told the waitlist would be about a year, so we were encouraged to reach out as soon as possible. Life last year seems like a blur. At this [...]
Tag: Autism Recovery
The Difference a Year Makes
We shared Jacob's autism diagnosis a year ago on social media. We weren't looking for sympathy. We weren't looking for attention. We weren't looking for people to pity us. Instead, we decided to share our story with the hopes that it might help others walking this journey also. We hoped that our choice to be [...]
The Callier Center: Summer 2019
We don't really know how we got the phone call, but we did. When Juan received the message that Jacob's name had come up and there was a spot for him to attend pre-verbal speech classes this summer, we jumped at the opportunity. The Callier Center was our rebound after the heartbreak of ABA Therapy. [...]
The “R” word
Those who belong to the Autism community are like a family. Not everybody gets along. We didn't ask to be connected, but it is what it is. We don't see eye to eye on everything. The outside world views us as a united front, but the view from inside looks different. Being part of the [...]
A Letter to Jacob
April 2, 2019. Dear Jacob, This is our fist year to celebrate April 2, also known as Autism Awareness Day. I want to be clear that we are choosing to celebrate you, not your diagnosis. In my mind, those are two very different things. You are so much more than your diagnosis. I would feel [...]
