Stories By Kimberlee Rutan McCafferty
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Brick Life
/ 7 months agoAll Aboard the Polar Express
We huddle together on the platform, my mom, our family friend who is our BCBA fairy godmother, my profoundly autistic...
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Brick Life
/ 10 months agoForever Child
Two weeks ago, I dropped my youngest child off for his freshman year in college. That seems like an unremarkable statement,...
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Brick Life
/ 12 months agoMy Week at the Autism Speaks Advocacy 2025 Forum
Last Sunday I said goodbye to my family, excited and hopeful to return to my second home of Washington, DC, to...
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoDC Authentic Awareness National Council on Severe Autism
A Place at the Table Last week I had the honor of returning to my second home of Washington,...
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoTry, Try Again
The other night, my son saw the movie “Up.” This does not sound like a remarkable sentence, particularly since it’s been...
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoDo Your Best
Yesterday, I picked up my seventeen-year-old son from his last camping weekend as a scout. Appropriately, the trip had been in...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoOff to Work We Go: A Brick Mom on Her Son’s Journey to Adulthood With Autism
Three years ago, my profoundly autistic son turned eighteen. I thought there was a lot to handle then. Revamping our somewhat...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoThe Other Shoe
Three weeks ago, I had a surgery on my foot that I’ve been putting off for two years. I’ve been in...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoLittle Miracles
Said goodbye to Jenks today. Miracles everywhere. Half the rides closed off? Fifteen years ago a tantrum of such magnificent proportions...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoA Brick Mom’s Road Trip to Bittersweet Farms: Family, Autism, And Unforgettable Memories
This summer I had the road trip of a lifetime. For four glorious, childless, caretaking-free days, I had the opportunity to...