Our Jaw-Dropping Moment of the Week: Friendships
Friendships are so hard! First you have to make a friend (which takes work) and then you have to sustain this friendship (which takes even more work)! With children with autism spectrum disorders, simply making a friend can be difficult and then once they get that down, we throw another challenge on them: “so now you have a friend but you need to do even more work and sustain this friendship!” Our poor kids hardly get a break when it comes to friendships.

Angie and I spent last week in New York City. This was a much needed break from the madness of start-up life and the daily adventures of a family living with autism. We have been married for twelve and a half years. A good portion of the first five years was spent traveling to some very fun places. When you have a child with autism, travel often just flies out the window like the rest of your "planned life." Depending on circumstances, everything you knew prior to autism may seem like it vanishes into thin air.

Fast-Stop-Hurry-Stop-GO!