Road Trip With The Twins To Leavenworth
Yesterday I took the boys on a spontaneous trip to Leavenworth. The goal was twofold: 1) to give Renee an opportunity to rest and sleep as she had Lasik surgery on Friday and didn’t sleep well Saturday night due to the goggles she had to wear (to protect her eyes) and 2) the weather was […]
Questioning Whether Rise Is “Real” or Better Diagnosis: 1 in 88 US Kids Now Have Autism
Today the CDC reported that Autism has risen 78% over the past ten years – to the point where now 1 in 88 children (and 1 in 55 boys) now are diagnosed with it. These numbers are simply staggering and many within the Autism community expressed their sadness and disappointment in this development. Mark Roithmayr, […]
AutismAid’s Ambitious Goal: Unifying and Supporting National Autism Community
AutismAid, an ambitious new non-profit organization was formally announced early today by Founders Tim Welsh, a longtime Autism advocate known as @TannersDad on Twitter, and Lawrence Goldfarb, a successful businessman, founder of LRG Capital Group and Bay Area Autism activist. I’ve known Tim via Twitter for more than three years now, and he debriefed me […]
Stone Meets The Old Spaghetti Factory
Tonight we took our Au Pair Hany out for a birthday celebration dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Her birthday was actually a few weeks ago but it coincided with the flu outbreak that hit the twins and Renee for a week so we weren’t able to celebrate it at that time. I think that […]