Stories By Kimberlee Rutan McCafferty
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoHomeLife21, Autism MVP, and HabCore fundraiser at the Dublin House
Nineteen years ago this fall, I took my toddler to his pediatrician for a scrip for reflux. I walked out of...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoThe Long Goodbye
He sits casually on a couch in the hot, humid lounge area of his dormitory, my sixteen-year-old son with mild autism...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoAutistic Adult Day Programs
June 14th, 2023. Not an important date for the world, just graduation day for my then twenty-one-year-old, profoundly autistic son. The...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoHelp with Daily Living Skills
“Come on buddy, you can do it” says our Registered Behavior Technician in-training (RBT), as he gestures back to the picture...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoBirthday Boy
You’re turning twenty today. I still find it impossible that you now tower over me, but at my 5’1” height, maybe...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoYin and Yang: Preparing A Teen With Autism to Head to College
FAFSA. Pell Grant. College Prep company. One hundred and thirty colleges and universities represented. Day habilitation. Support Coordination agencies. Vocational training....
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Brick Life
/ 3 years ago‘Don’t Wait:’ A Brick Mom Shares Her Story of Learning About Her Son’s Autism
When my eldest son was an infant, he rarely slept, and if then for short periods of time. We had such...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoThe Waiting Game
I am not good at waiting. When my profoundly autistic son was a baby, I started having concerns about his development...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoIt’s Okay
A few months ago, my husband and I took our almost sixteen-year-old high school sophomore to look at colleges. This idea...
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Brick Life
/ 3 years agoDon’t Sweat the Small Stuff: Autism, Family and Tough Start to 2023
Well, 2023 is off to an interesting start… Unfortunately my family was in a car accident on Christmas night coming home...