Photo Courtesy Autism Speaks. In 2013, with the publication of the DSM-5 Diagnostic Manual, several subtypes of autism were combined into the single diagnosis Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). While autism is all too common, the population afflicted varies greatly. Some function at a higher level than others and [...]
I have been involved with summer camps and the recreation field for almost 20 years. I started off as a counselor at the age of 13 when I felt I was too old to attend summer camp. My mother agreed, and promptly signed me up as a volunteer counselor [...]
It started as late night dinner conversation fodder between my wife and I many years ago. We’d often stop for eggs or pancakes at 1am or some other time of day when we probably shouldn’t have been eating an extra meal. This was a tradition for us (the dialogue and [...]
See that picture below? That is the only picture taken of me during the Spartan Super that I ran last August. While I may look like I'm doing good in that picture, things did not turn out that way. Look at me. I'm covered in mud. I look out of [...]
For too long we we parents have toiled and struggled under this oppressive regime. For years now we have given and we have sacrificed and we have felt our losses acutely. It’s finally time that we take back what we have lost. It’s time that we turn our backs [...]
We've been in the midst of potty training for about two weeks now and have been seeing slow but steady progress. Hopefully we're through the initial phase which I assume is the hardest part. Thanks in part to the S word, and of course a few healthy treat incentives like [...]
I am not a perfect dad. I will be the first to admit that (and I'm sure my daughter and wife would heartily agree). As a dad it was never perfect that I sought to be. It was being a Dad. Warts and all, just a Dad. Why would I want to [...]
I was talking to a local firefighter the other day about what it is like to be a firefighter and what some of his wishes were for people like me when it came to making my own home safer for my own family and for them. I was not [...]
