About My Life on the Parenting Spectrum

I’m just a working mom of four, focusing daily on autism awareness and acceptance towards those who face the challenges and differences that autism brings. My son has always been attached to me — mostly it’s just who he is, but attachment parenting helped — so we called him Barnacle Boy from very early on. It’s become my favorite nickname for this adorable, smart little boy who is teaching me so much about life. My Barnacle Boy is a blessing from God, the perfect Christmas gift (due at Christmas 2000) and autism has, without a choice but without a second thought, focused me on helping make the world aware of these special people, stopping the judgmental attitudes from others towards those with disabilities, helping others through their autism diagnosis and journey, learning how to involve myself and have opinions on the politics of autism, but most importantly, helping my child function happily in life, even if his version of happiness is different from what I expected. And in case you are wondering about the name of my blog, I’m a non-native, Nascar-loving Californian who gets a kick out of the “Storm Watch: <insert year>” every time we get more than three drops of rain. Sarcasm suits me.