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I Ain’t Mad Atcha

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These Are My Motivations

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Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot

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I’m James Guttman, father of two children – one seven year old (non verbal) and one ten year old (nonstop verbal).

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  • 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
  • Dad Jokes: My Groan Up Humor
  • How I Thought Raising A Child With Autism Would Be
  • I Forget How Big He Is
  • Sad For No Reason
  • Forever, If I Have To
  • The Ballad of Ball-O
  • Before My Morning Coffee
  • I Didn’t Know He Could Do That
  • Silent Attitude
  • Survivor’s Guilt
  • Sweatin’ the Small Stuff
  • Fear And Loathing At My Kid’s Pediatrician
  • Letting Him Stim
  • I Wasn’t Ready
  • My Kids Embarrass Me At Restaurants
  • Things He’ll Never Always Do
  • Doubters Don’t Define You
  • Not Another Sad Autism Story
  • Autism And His Total Lack Of Fear
  • Fun Ways I Annoy My Family
  • Autism Appreciation
  • Our New House, Our Old Home
  • Take A Breath
  • Don’t Make His Special Needs Your Spectacle
  • The Worst Of Me
  • The Boy In My Son’s Window
  • Calls From My Kid’s School Nurse
  • Autism Is Not His Excuse
  • Me And My Martyr Complex
  • For Friends Who Don’t Have Special Needs Children
  • The Angry Young Man
  • My Son Doesn’t Suffer From Autism
  • If I Can Do Anything Then She Can Do Anything
  • My Special Needs Son, My Illogical Guilt
  • What If There Was No Karma?
  • Why I’m Hovering Near My Special Needs Child
  • Prank Phone Calls With My Daughter
  • I’m Sorry My Son Drank Your Coffee
  • We All Agree On Bubbles
  • Reasons I’m So Protective Of My Child With Autism
  • Signs That You’ve Grown Up
  • Time, Patience, and Learning To Communicate
  • You’re Not Doing Anything Wrong
  • Running To Third
  • What Kind Of World Am I Leaving My Kids?
  • Changing My Perception Of Love
  • Teaching Him “Hello”
  • The Madness and Mayhem Of The Little Ladies Dance
  • How To Make Wisdom
  • Surrounded And Alone
  • Toxic Waste
  • Hoping But Not Needing
  • There’s More To The Story
  • Sleepless On The Spectrum
  • I Used To Be Pretty Cool
  • No One Needs To Speak For My Non-Verbal Child
  • Autism And My Child’s Uncertain Future
  • More Alike Than Different
  • Why I’m Sometimes Defensive As An Autism Parent
  • A Different Kind of Autism Awareness
  • The Musical Communication of Autism
  • It’s Not Us Against The World, Kid
  • The Lucky Ones
  • Does He Know It’s His Birthday?
  • She’s The Reason I Play Roblox
  • What Will People Say About My Child’s Autism?
  • I Never Forgot Joe’s Pool
  • The Big Stars My Son Has Ignored
  • My Circle Of Life
  • No Autism Assumptions
  • My Kid Won’t Stop Making Slime
  • A Strange Part of Autism Parenting
  • I Have Issues
  • His Unspoken Victories
  • The Great Moments We Don’t Remember
  • Autism Parents Are Just People
  • The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
  • How My Non-Verbal Son Reminds Me To Be Happy
  • We Live In The Future
  • Saying Autism Out Loud

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