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My Son Has Autism but Autism Doesn't Have Him
by Mama Elephant Recent studies have shown that people with Autism lack empathy. Now I am all for research studies into Autism Spectrum Disorder but sometimes I feel like they create and perpetuate stereotypes. Th… -
Thank You Mom, For Not Trashing My Father
by Mama Elephant My parents divorced when I was about five. My father was physically abusive towards my mother and a drug addict. He would smoke it, snort, it, huff it, shoot it, ingest -- whatever it took to get him… -
Baby On A Budget - Finding Nearly New Items for a Fraction of the Cost
by Mama Elephant We are having a baby and we live on a tight budget. In today’s economy, I'm sure we are not the only ones. Being that we have nothing left of our first child’s nursery (who will be 14 years old by the … -
Finally Ready to Talk About My Pregnancy
by Mama Elephant I am pregnant. I have mentioned it here and there in passing, but I don't think I have devoted an entire entry about it. Having had two miscarriages not so far back and very close together, I was… -
Can It Be? My Son Hit the Educational Lottery!
by Mama Elephant Poor Junior is on his 4th school placement in 3 years. He is on his 3rd school placement in 2 years. We moved to Flint, MI (I will never go back) then we moved to an upscale yuppie western burb of C… -
My Parental Concerns Aren't Child Harnesses, TV Time, or Obama Onesies...
by Mama Elephant As a parent to a teenager with a developmental disability and another baby on the way, I have a full plate. I am not complaining, mind you. I actually feel that being a mom is what I do best in life…
About mamaelephant
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- About Me: Hi! I am Mama Elephant and I am both a college student and SAHM to a mischievous teenage son, who happens to have Autism, and an infant daughter. It is a practice in time management. Raising a child with special needs presents challenges disguised as impossibilities as well as rewards beyond the imagination and I write about both.
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