How much of your life have you spent (wasted?) trying to be normal? I constructed my life around the mythical land of Normal, but someone has different plans for me. Last year we were told our son wasn't 'normal', so now we're packing up old prejudices, our preconceived notions and unrealistic expectations, and we're moving out of Normal to a different... possibly better neighbourhood.

You too will find yourself, no matter who you are, joining me in this place where the only true measure of normal is which kind of weird you are. This blog will explore a journey most of us will take at some point: letting go of preconceptions about ‘normal’, peeling our fingers off the image we had of what our lives ‘should’ look like, and having the courage to re-imagine the piece of time we are given in this world.

You are now leaving Normal.

"A nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there!"

Monday, August 9, 2010

Published!


I was honoured to have my recent post Be The Change: How to Shift Autism into the Mainstream published in The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, which (I think) will be putting out a printed paper version in addition to their online version. This is one of the best places on the web (IMHO) for insights and information about autism, in the form of collected essays from parents, professionals and autistic people. Topics range from the purely emotional to the purely academic, and offer a huge diversity of opinions and professional advice.

I encourage you to take a few moments to review their archives as they hold a true wealth of important information and ideas, and if you like what you see sign up to be a follower so you can easily see each new essay as it's posted.
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4 comments:

  1. That's fantastic, Caitlin - congratulations!! That must feel great!

    I'm going to check it out right now.

    Take care and congrats again!!

    Ruth

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  2. That's awesome! I actually started reading the post today in my GReader and thought, hey! I've already read this - did she repost it?

    It really is a wonderful article. :)

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  3. Congratulations Caitlin! That has to be really exciting and rewarding. :)

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  4. Congrats Caitlin -- hope you followed all of the formating directions.. ; ) LOL

    Truly couldn't have happened to a better person!

    Hartley
    www.hartleysboys.com

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