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March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 James Guttman

A Perfect Non-Verbal Birthday

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Autism Support Goes Both Ways

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Autism Isn’t About Impossibilities

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 James Guttman

Raising Her To Be The Friend I Wasn’t

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 James Guttman

For Those Who Judge My Child’s Autism From Afar

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 James Guttman

If Not For These Kids…

February 19, 2020February 19, 2020 James Guttman

Teaching My Son To Not Steal Your French Fries

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I’m James Guttman, father of two children – one non verbal with autism and nonstop verbal without autism.

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  • How Are The Kids?
  • No Offense For Autism Awareness
  • Mutual Awareness, Mutual Acceptance
  • Positively Fed-Up
  • We’re Going To Miss These Chaos Days
  • The Social Distance Of An Autism Parent
  • Calmly Talking To Your Kids About The End Of The World
  • A Perfect Non-Verbal Birthday
  • Autism Support Goes Both Ways
  • Autism Isn’t About Impossibilities
  • Raising Her To Be The Friend I Wasn’t
  • For Those Who Judge My Child’s Autism From Afar
  • If Not For These Kids…
  • Teaching My Son To Not Steal Your French Fries
  • You Don’t Have To Be A Parenting Cliché
  • I Want To Give My Non-Verbal Son Everything…But Shouldn’t
  • My Family Deals Girl Scout Cookies
  • It’s OK That I Worried About My Son’s Autism
  • Auto-Pilot Parenting
  • Sitting By His Side
  • My Creaky Bones
  • The Importance of Teaching Him Life Skills
  • Other People’s Kids
  • The Mess In The Mirror
  • No One Knows Why He’s Limping
  • I Feed These Kids Garbage
  • Losing His Crown Jewel
  • These Ten Years
  • The Almost Worst Christmas With My Favorite Person
  • Naughty, But Nice
  • How To Say My Son With Autism Is Making Great Progress
  • Going Through Some Stuff
  • It’s Alright. It’s O.K.
  • This Is Why I Told That Story
  • The Voices In My Head
  • This Is His Village
  • For Those Facing A Depressing Holiday Season
  • Chill, Little Man, Chill
  • Oh, Snap! Remember Nostalgia?
  • Don’t Pity Me For My Child With Autism
  • Judged, But Still Standing
  • I Can’t Fail Him, But I Worry I Might
  • You Can’t Change Anyone But Yourself
  • I Guess He Does That Now
  • The Stuff I Make This Kid Wear
  • Suddenly I Was A Suburban Dad
  • Just Like Me, Just Like You
  • My Vsco Daughter’s Hydroflask Sksksk
  • I’m Starting a Podcast
  • We All Have His Back
  • It Doesn’t Matter Why
  • Making School Lunches, Making Me Crazy
  • Teaching Him The Patience He Taught Me
  • Small Talk About Small Talk
  • The Truth About Taking My Son To Sesame Street
  • New Me, Old Me, Both Me
  • Answering Questions For My Non-Verbal Son
  • I Don’t Like The Ice Cream Man
  • Two Way Monologues
  • Middle School Kid And Her Middle-Aged Dad
  • Inner Peace, Outer Turmoil
  • I Knew That Pizza Was His Favorite
  • Parenting Can Get Pretty Gross
  • Helping My Child With Autism Be The Best He Can Be
  • Non-Verbal Attention Seeking and Me
  • Summer Fun When Summer’s Done
  • He’s Not Being Mean
  • Fun Summer Events My Kids Won’t Like
  • He Gets It
  • I Didn’t Think I’d Live This Long
  • Purposely Boring My Children
  • Cleaning Up His Messes
  • A Hundred Miles An Hour
  • Raising Better Parents
  • The Wonderful Achievements Of Other Children
  • Parental Praise In The Real World
  • Watch Daddy’s Epic Fail
  • Angry, Not Angry
  • Long Term Plan Of An Embarrassing Dad
  • It’s His Favorite Song
  • Sometimes When He Whines
  • I Was Given A Flower
  • Good Mornings
  • My Day, Our Way
  • PECS, AAC, and The Ways We Communicate
  • I Have Two Kids
  • Happily Sliding Down The Stairs
  • How They See Him
  • Pouring My Cup Into His
  • How We Talk To Ourselves
  • Let Them Look
  • Click, Click, Boom
  • I Seriously Over Analyze Sesame Street
  • Unemotional Wreck
  • Funny Stories From An Awful Job
  • Empty, Tired, and Sick To My Stomach
  • Making It Through That One Day
  • The Motivations of Thankless Parenting
  • Autism Awareness After April Ends
  • It’s Not About Me
  • They Sent Me To This Meeting
  • When Toddlers Ruled My House
  • My Ten Year Old Says I’m A “Noob”
  • A Wonderful Thing About My Son’s Autism
  • How Can I Raise A Child With Autism?
  • Letting My Son With Autism Build His Own Relationships
  • Why I Understand My Kid’s Slime Obsession
  • Then Why Do We Do It?
  • No Explanations For How I Parent
  • I Don’t Know Why He Does That
  • How Can That Baby Play Violin?
  • Gifts For The Kid Who Doesn’t Want Anything
  • I Ain’t Mad Atcha
  • For Those Who Mean Well
  • These Are My Motivations
  • Surviving A Meltdown
  • He Doesn’t Need To Become Anything
  • Both Kids. Home Sick.
  • Steps Back, Steps Forward
  • I Hate The Supermarket
  • The Kid Behind Their Checklist
  • Why Newborns Are Terrifying
  • Expectations and Acceptance
  • My Head Is Pounding
  • How (Not) To Embarrass Your Ten Year Old
  • How We Talk About Autism
  • Parenting, Patience, and Autism
  • Pardon My Baby Talk
  • Little Leaps Of Faith
  • I Lose So Much Stuff
  • Hitting Our Target
  • Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
  • A Good Parent Has To Play The Bad Guy Sometimes
  • Ghosts of Christmas Past
  • How To Talk To An Adult (If You Really Have To)
  • Because They’re Mine
  • Boys Can Have Body Issues Too
  • Surviving His Parent-Teacher Conference
  • My Letter To Santa
  • When Autism Was Still Our Secret
  • The Crazy Things My Daughter Says
  • Getting Angry, Not Staying Angry
  • Now Go Put Up Your Holiday Decorations
  • Autism on Picture Day
  • How To Know You’re An Adult
  • The Ghosts of Our Broken Washers
  • Let Me Smile In Peace
  • We Finally Saw Raffi
  • Get This Candy Out Of My House
  • She’s Not My Tiny Baby Anymore

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