Comments on Pens Fatales: It's Time To Talk About Autism

I am so grateful for your post! My 4 yr old son wa...

2010-04-23T14:50:51.341-07:00

I am so grateful for your post! My 4 yr old son was just diagnosed this week and it is a lot to take in. But it is encouraging to know that I am not alone and that my feeling about how beautiful and special my son is isn't unique. Calling them autistic doesn't change the reality of what precious little people they are; its not dehumanizing though I felt that way at first. My little guy is the same as he was pre diagnosis and just as dear to me and everyone who knows him. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us (and so well written too!)

Beautiful. I'm a high school friend of Gigi Pa...

2009-10-05T20:42:16.421-07:00

Beautiful. I'm a high school friend of Gigi Pandian. My youngest son was diagnosed with autism 4 years ago this month. We too, jumped into interventions and creative things. He was diagnosed moderate to severe- but Noah is now in a regular 1st grade classroom, and his friends so far don't know about his challenges. I wish the same for you- keep up the work and you won't regret it!!

Yay for Jack and Tom and all of you. Sounds as tho...

2009-10-03T03:41:21.489-07:00

Yay for Jack and Tom and all of you. Sounds as though being "just Jack" is just about perfect.

The blog was wonderful.

I love this post. I also love Tom's comment. x...

2009-09-26T09:14:05.115-07:00

I love this post. I also love Tom's comment. xo

THis is such a touching and well-written story of ...

2009-09-24T09:22:55.965-07:00

THis is such a touching and well-written story of your family, and about such an important subject. Can't wait to meet Jack!
--Juliet

you're amazingly courageous too, ya know. :)

2009-09-24T09:22:36.744-07:00

you're amazingly courageous too, ya know. :)

I'm a mom of 5. My oldest has Cerebral Palsy ...

2009-09-24T08:36:59.743-07:00

I'm a mom of 5. My oldest has Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy. My 3rd child was diagnosed w/ Autism when he was 2 and child #4 was 3 weeks old.

We're also in the "lucky" category. He is now 10 yrs. old plays w/ his 4 siblings, can do things on the computer that I'll never be able to do,and where he had a very, very limited vocabulary talks non-stop now.

I send nothing but the best wishes to you and your whole family.

What a touching blog. Sitting here with my morning...

2009-09-24T08:15:49.108-07:00

What a touching blog. Sitting here with my morning coffee in tears--but a bit uplifted, too. Mostly at the way Jack continues with his day, getting it done. The rest of us could learn a lot from that, couldn't we?

I am so glad to have started getting to know Jack ...

2009-09-24T07:58:40.475-07:00

I am so glad to have started getting to know Jack - what a wonderful boy! Thank you for showing us what a great family looks like. The world needs to see more examples.

folks can put whatever label they need to on him b...

2009-09-24T07:50:34.432-07:00

folks can put whatever label they need to on him but to me he's just Jack. he means the world to me and he's not broken, he's just Jack.