Regardless of the NY Post article's accuracy about “autism butt” it does highlight the truth that autism is a whole-body disability not just a neurological one. Awareness must increase that autism impacts far more than the brain, it affects overall wellbeing and health.

My life is spent convinced my cats aren't alive. So I'm picturing any future children wired up to a heart rate monitor and if they're too quiet? l will be checking them with a mirror, like a Victorian doctor, checking for breath.

Reading all the non-fiction books has indicated to me that now is a good time to start writing in a journal