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This will be my final post on Lost and Tired » Lost and Tired – a farewell and thank you.

This will be my final post on Lost and Tired » Lost and Tired. Dear readers, No this isn’t me closing down my blog.  Our work isn’t yet complete.  This is a farewell to a friend in the blogging and advocacy community. ================== I have known Rob and Lizzie for almost 5 years.  He was my introduction to  the facebook group Reality Autism.  He was the inspiration behind finding my writing voice here at whynotfathers.com and in a few other places such as Special Happens. No one can fault Rob for his dedication to the world of Autism or his family.  The support he and his wife have offered so many for the past few years has been incredible.  I wish him luck in his future endeavors and hope that he knows he can count on me to help in any way that I can. So for now as we

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Working on a Series of Posts about Autism Stories

We are working on a series of posts titled Voices of Parents with Autistic Kids – The Truth as We Know It.  As such we need your stories.  If you could tell one story about your child with Autism, what would it be?  Names will be changed to protect your identity. Since the tragedy in Newtown, more news stories are being posted regarding whether or not the killer had Aspergers Syndrome.  The same applies to the college campus killing in Wyoming a couple of months ago.  So we are working to dispel the negative imagery that is being associated with people who have autism. There are even reports attempting to tie the killer to a childhood vaccine adverse reaction. We understand that people need answers.  But we also understand that we don’t want them using our kids’ diagnosis as a scapegoat.  The killer may have had a mental illness.  He

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