I was prepared to cringe, but I completely loved it.

I’m Canadian, and we’re absolutely devastated up here. Now, I am surrounded by people with autism (I’m on the spectrum, as are my kids and husband, plus I work with children and youth with autism as a behavior interventionist), and the reaction from the kids in my life has been heartbreaking. My eleven-year-old…

As soon as Poussey was pinned, I knew what was going to happen and I instantly felt sick. I work with children and teens with autism and sometimes they get dysregulated and put themselves and others at risk. Because of this, we have special training on restraints and- most importantly- how to never have to use them.…

Is it impossible to be successful if you have kids early in life? No. And she’s not saying that. The reality is that it’s just much, much harder. I say that as someone who had kids early.

You’d better hurry up! If someone like Trump gets elected, we’ve been discussing building a giant, GOT-inspired wall of ice between us. ;)

I am super disappointed in this article. Trudeau is our Prime Minister. One of the “benefits” of the job (ie- part of his wage as a person doing a job) is that he gets X amount for household expenses. Some happens to go towards nannies- and it actually sounds like a sweet gig to me with the free room and board and all…

Yes, multi-cultural in that they’d be sort of different shades of brown. From the really dark “black” shades of the “Nubians” to the south to lighter more “arabic” looking dark-skinned people. There would have been the occasional white person who came from up north, but they would have been a minority.

I wouldn’t have…

I love Egyptology. Studying it (as a hobby) has been a passion of mine since I was about ten years old. I always get irritated a bit when people insist they know what ancient Egyptians looked like in terms of race (because, really, we don’t for the most part). I always find it to be a frustrating back and forth…

Wait- Katy Perry’s dad is Mr. Belding?!?!?!

It’s an Ann Cherry “workout band” waist trainer/faja. Purple, not that you asked, but because I want to share. Because it’s awesome.

I love it so much I actually just ordered in pink and blue, too. ;)

Full disclosure: I love CL so much I got my hair cut to look like hers. Only, it’s magenta/fuchsia, because I look like shit as a blonde.

She is amazing and fierce and I’m way too happy about this post.

I know this isn’t directed at me, but I thought I’d respond anyway. ;)

Because the trainer I wear has a bit more give to it, it offers a bit of support without being a ‘crutch’. I think a steel-boned corset or something stiffer might offer more support/less pain, which would be great, but (from what I’ve heard, I can’t…

I wear mine for back pain issues, too- though I won’t lie, I like the look as well.

I started wearing one of those “sports” waist trainers a few months ago, which is pretty flexible, and I’ve got to say I completely agree. I’ve got scoliosis so my back hurts basically all the time. Since I got the waist trainer, I’ve noticed a huge reduction in my pain. The fact that it shmooshes everything and makes…

Oh, gosh. That reminds my of my little Caesar. Half dachshund, half border collie- and all neurosis. He went through a phase where he would only eat food that was hand-fed to him on a fork; otherwise he’d starve himself. Then he went through a phase where all food was the enemy, except cheese. So we’d hide little…

There are no words.

Okay, maybe one: Perfection.

I had kids before I got married (married their dad, though). He was abandoned by his dad as an infant and still carried his name, but didn’t want to pass it onto the kids, so we gave them his mother’s maiden name. Then husband decided he didn’t want to change his name, after all (he was planning on adopting his mom’s…

UGH, the old last name thing. See, I’d always said I wanted to keep my last name (because it’s mine). I married someone who carried their dad’s last name, though he’d never met the guy (he bailed when the husband was a baby), and who was hoping at some point to change it to his mother’s maiden name. When we had kids,…

Seriously. It seems like most of the people saying “You don’t know about autistic kids...” are basing their opinion off of personal experience instead of actual knowledge. I work with children on the autism spectrum (I effing HATE the term “autistic”) and have two boys with the diagnosis as well. Not only have I seen…

I’m a Behavior Interventionist, which means I work with children and youths with autism. I also have two children with autism. I can agree that *some* children with autism can experience severe and violent episodes of dysregulation. *Some* of these “meltdowns” can be fairly frightening. That said, these individuals…