autism

A Camp Dream

Camp has been a magical time for all seven of our children. They’ve had a wide range of experiences from ...

Jumping into the Deep End

There are professions, there are jobs, and there are fields that you go into because it matches everything you value. ...

Bat Mitzvah Girl Speaks Volumes, Without Saying a Word

If I close my eyes and sit quietly, I can still picture the expression on her face. My breath catches ...

A New Normal

Summer is over and the excitement of my son Jonah’s longest ever stay at sleep-away camp, three weeks, is starting ...

Please Consider My Case

“You’ll see, he won’t want to leave in the end,” my wife, Cynthia, said. “He’s going to have the time ...

Summer Camp, Life Skills and Confidence

In partnership with The Jewish Week’s “The New Normal” blog, FJC is pleased to present a series of blog posts ...

Cold Feet

Later this month, my fifteen-year-old son, Jonah, is off to Camp B’Nai Brith (CBB) in the Laurentians, about an hour ...

Togetherness Squared

For the last four summers, whenever my wife, Cynthia, and I have put our son, Jonah, on the bus to ...

Easy Money

For the last few days, I’ve been walking around the house singing and dancing more or less in tune and ...

Chaos Theory

When you’re the parent of a child with autism, you’re always bracing yourself for the endless string of theories headed ...