Howdy folks! As many of you know I work at Sesame Street, and was proud to play a small part in the launch of Sesame’s autism initiative back in 2015. So I just wanted to write a quick blog post to…
My wife of fifteen years, fifteen brief years, told me this through tears on the hospital bed we had set up next to our Queen-size in the master bedroom. A cannula snaked from her nose across the…
Autism Awareness month is here. Yay! Ugh! This month always brings up conflicting emotions in me. Let me say I am not against awareness. I am always willing to answer any and all questions about
Ellie Whetzel is a Wife, Mom, and blogger who writes about the ups, the downs, and everything in between of life with her extraordinary son, Leo, who is on the Autism Spectrum. My 7 year old son, Leo…
I’ve taken my son to Sesame Place many times! He’s 14 years old, but he’ll never be too old for Sesame Place! And the park has always been very receptive to kids with special needs. However, Sesame…
Howdy folks! As many of you know I work at Sesame Street, and was proud to play a small part in the launch of Sesame’s autism initiative back in 2015. So I just wanted to write a quick blog post to…
GUEST POST My younger brother, Preston, was diagnosed with autism on December 29th, 2002. My mother would often retell the story in great detail, saying, “I’ll never forget the neurologist slamming us…
PROGRESS It used to be a loaded word to me sometimes. How’s he doing? Has he made any progress over the past year? People would ask me these questions over the years and I wouldn’t know what to say. I…
Howdy all! I’m baaaack! Ready to relaunch my site and ready to start blogging and Facebooking again! As you can imagine it’s been a strange year. Wifey and I separated last spring, I wrote about it…
Hey guys, So I had the honor of attending HBO’s Night of Too Many Stars event at the Theater at Madison Square Garden this past Saturday night.This was a 2 hour benefit / telethon hosted by Jon…
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