Below are links to journals, emails, and publications that I wrote between 2006 and 2009 on family life.
Subjects include: Parenting autistics, open adoption, widely-spaced siblings, troubles at school, autism diagnosis, IEP, depression, suicide ideation, becoming a brother (by Jared), autism acceptance, autism awareness, surprise pregnancy, antepartum, and more.
Some of these entries were syndicated to over 40 newspapers and sites. Others were published as part of a blog or other publications.
2006
Big before his time
Organically Speaking
Whine & Soggy Snuggles
Comfort served in 1433 pages
School Communications: They Scheduled The IEP Without Me?
At the moment I’m sure he’s more focused on how much he hates me.
Moving Again, New School and Still Working On An IEP For Jared
Diagnosed Autistic & Finally Talking About The IEP With School
Sounds Like He’s In Full-On Shutdown Mode. Know that an F in your class does not mean that he is a failure.
Not So Perfect Parents
The Dark Mood Is Becoming Apparent Again
Becoming Craig’s Brother By Jared Hinson
2007
Genevieve is a writer, wife and mom to two boys. She works as an online design coordinator for The Fresno Bee by day, and a writer and blogger by night.
She is one of 10 newspaper-industry professionals selected by the Newspaper Association of America to participate in the 2006 New Media Fellowship program. She is also the recipient of the Yosemite Writers Conference 2005 Sheila L. Stephens Scholarship and the 2006 Poet & Writers matching grant.
Her Mother of Confusion blog is syndicated as a column by McClatchy Tribune Media Services.
Her work has appeared in Adoptive Families magazine, Momlogic.com, CentralValleyMoms.com, Babycenter.com and Adoptionblogs.com.
She advocates for autism awareness and acceptance and is the editor of the BlogNetNews.com autism section.
2008
The Party Will Go On …
First Campaign: Please join me in blogging about autism awareness
Newsletter: Blog For Autism Awareness
Learning to accept my autistic son
Got the fever for the planting of a daisy
What’s Normal? The Socially Acceptable Prejudice Against Autistic People Today
Savage remarks shouldn’t be ignored: Take a stand for autistic children
The Day I Apparently Had Too Much Flair … And Narrowly Avoided A Lawsuit?
Bad Meltdown At School On Friday
Beyond April: Blogging And Raising Money for Autism Awareness … Comments/Responses
OK, AutismSpeaks Is Off The List & 153 Autism Awareness Bloggers …
In short: Autism Speaks is a hate group masquerading as a charity.
Synchronized family meltdown, parking lot style
Reward For The Missing Laundry Fairy
Surviving The Help Monster
For The Mother That’s About To Rock, We Salute You!
Dear Gynecologist, I Can’t Get Married Every Month
Surprise Pregnancy & The Latest …
Pregnancy, I Wasn’t Expecting This
Go Away! Mornings Aren’t Welcome Here
I’m Not A Fan Of Autism Speaks. I can’t believe the discrimination that folks have.
The dramatic, pregnant quest for caffeine
2009
Answering Interview Questions, Bedrest & Messages From Antepartum
29 weeks pregnant and counting
Born at 34 weeks
My Daughter Is A Miracle
Tales From The Boob: Breastfeeding Lessons
The Email That Landed Me A Job Interview
Autism Speaks Dividing The Community Complaint & Autism Speaks PSAs Removed From Momlogic.com Page
My Youngest Autistic Son Now Has A Vote And A Voice
[From my Facebook post today.] So proud of my youngest son – and oh my heart. He was so worried I’d be upset with him for using my email address. I had to assure him I’m not upset, in fact I’m very, very proud, and that his problem solving was awesome. My son is 18…
My Autistic Family Life | The Early Years: 2003 – 2005
Below are links to journals, emails, and publications that I wrote in 2005 on family life. Subjects include: Parenting autistics, secondary infertility, PCOS, open adoption, widely-spaced siblings, troubles at school, and more. It also include my first published piece in the “Adoptive Families” magazine. 2003 Secondary Infertility: A family affair 2005 Got The Most Amazing…
What Will Happen To My Autistic Children After I Die?
[TW: Death, ABA, trauma, autism cure, prevention, and more.] What will happen to my Autistic children, now adults, after I die? I’ll be 50 this year and still don’t have an answer that doesn’t include poverty, despair, abuse, homelessness and an early death. This question has haunted me for years because the answer isn’t a…
Life Skills Lessons #1: The Air Mattress Oops | My Autistic Family Life
By Eve Reiland Life Skills Lessons #1: The Air Mattress Oops Quite often we use an air mattress at our home for sleepovers. It’s a noisey situation that sends me to the opposite end of the house behind a closed door wearing my noise-cancelling headphones. Bill, my spouse, is the one that does the set-up…
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