Stories By Kimberlee Rutan McCafferty
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoGraduation Day
He marches in to Pomp and Circumstance, looking a bit confused but handsome in his cap and gown, and I receive...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoAdult Autism Transition
In two weeks, my profoundly autistic son Justin, will graduate from the private autism high school he has attended since he...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoA Good Cause
Last weekend my nonprofit, HomeLife21, was fortunate enough to share in a fundraiser with two other organizations, HabCorps and Autism MVP,...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoYear of First Lasts.
Once again, the year of first lasts. Last field day with Justin. Last IEP meeting for Justin. Last graduation for Justin,...
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Brick Life
/ 2 years agoMy Littlest Loves
My littlest, not so little, loves. Justin, my first-born, my made-me-a-mom-grown-up son. I love so many things about you. Your joy...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoNew Year’s Evolution
Yesterday I saw a post on Facebook by a friend. It was an image of a cat kicking the number “2023”...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoJust Get Out
As I’ve mentioned before, this is a year of “lasts.” Two weeks ago, my family, including my aunt and my mother,...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoHappy Halloween!
We walk over to my car after taking the required Halloween photos outside our front door, my twenty-year-old profoundly autistic son,...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoRaining On My Parade
So yesterday, it rained on our parade. A fundraiser for our non-profit, HomeLife21, HabCore, and Autism MVP at the Dublin...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoFirst Lasts
Call this the summer of “first lasts.” My son Justin, who is twenty, profoundly autistic and non-verbal, will graduate from his...