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April 10, 2017April 10, 2017 James Guttman

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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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Previous 150 Posts:

  • A 15 Minute Day Of Fun
  • A Note To The Rude, Bitter, and Broken
  • Letting Her Have Her Own Dreams
  • Teaching My Non-Verbal Son About Danger
  • The Deafening Silence of Mental Illness
  • Cleaning Up The Crash Scene
  • Two Feet Of Memories
  • An Important Part Of Being A Grown-Up
  • …And Then They Canceled The Rest Of The School Year
  • Eleven Going On Terrifying
  • If I Had An Autism Magic Wand…
  • Handling Disobedience For My Child With Autism
  • Please, Kid, Stop Eating
  • Losing Our Buddy
  • Where Did That Baby Go?
  • More Than Autism
  • 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

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