by Joanna Jaeger | Apr 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Here we are at the end of Autism Awareness Month, a month full of puzzle pieces and blue lights and TV specials and inspiring stories. To be honest, I have really mixed feelings about these “awareness” efforts. For those of us deeply involved in the world of...
by Joanna Jaeger | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is the season when we think about the year we just completed, what was done, what goals were accomplished (or ignored), major life events and other milestones. We hear of others’ adventures through annual Christmas cards or social media updates with pictures of...
by Joanna Jaeger | Oct 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
My husband and I just returned from the longest vacation we have ever had away from our children – a grown daughter with Type 1 diabetes and an adult son with Type 1 diabetes and autism. It was a spectacular two weeks in Greece and Turkey celebrating our 30th wedding...
by Joanna Jaeger | Aug 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
In yet another effort to get my life and papers organized, I recently ran across a document that I wrote about 20 years ago as my son was entering kindergarten, entitled, “What I Know For Sure”. At the time, Alex was a 5 year old with autism and he had yet to be...
by Joanna Jaeger | Jun 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
With the passing of the summer solstice, my family makes another transition every year—the moving on from school to break. There are so many fun things to do together, family vacations, and more downtime. Yet there it challenges of coordinating all this fun. It’s an...
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