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Another autism study. Yawn.

his week, a study came out showing that women whose labor is induced and/or accelerated are more likely to have a child with autism, especially if the child is a boy. I had my first labor accelerated, back in 2005. My son has autism. With my second child, I didn’t. She doesn’t. Aha! Proof? A cause [...]

You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime…*

This weekend, I returned to a Lake Huron beach what I took away a year ago. As an adult, the Catholicism I was raised with has failed to feed me spiritually. So I’ve found myself looking more often for signals and meaning in the natural world. More than a decade ago, I found this one [...]

Tell me, who are you? Who, who, who, who?*

few weeks ago I watched Argo on DVD. Thrillers are a guilty pleasure for me (The Bourne series boxed set is the most-watched in the house) but this Academy Award winner even came sans guilt. The human drama was compelling and absorbing, earning as much of the director’s attention as the chase and gun sequences. [...]

Welcome to my life. Please take my seat.

This was supposed to be a triumphant blog post. Summer got off to a good start (relatively speaking). Knowing he’ll return to the same teacher and classroom in the fall, Owen’s anxiety was at low tide. Routine being the key to everything, we set a summer one that includes three days a week of ABA [...]

Win a copy of Sparrow Migrations on Goodreads

Ten days left! A great read for book clubs, too. Goodreads Book Giveaway Sparrow Migrations by Cari Noga Giveaway ends July 10, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win  

On language akin to the solid substance used for sidewalks

iece of cake, right?” I said to Owen after he nimbly scrambled over this climbing wall at the Empire beach last week. He tossed me a stern glance. “That is not a cake, Mommy.” Oh, you idioms. As a writer, I love them for the flavor, nuance and imagery they bring to language. But as [...]

Get a free issue of Autism Parenting Magazine

Sparrow Migrations was featured in the June issue of this all-digital magazine, available for iPad or pdf download. Click the link to subscribe to their e-mail newsletter, which entitles you to a free issue. You can also find it in the Apple App store. The June issue is dedicated to siblings – ASD and NT. [...]

Thumbs up from Northport

Thanks to reviewer Marilyn Zimmerman for her thorough and complimentary review of Sparrow Migrations on the Books in Northport blog. Her conclusion is exactly what I’d hoped readers would feel upon finishing the book: “…through their struggles and insights, each character becomes significant to the reader.” Read her full review here »