HONORS and AWARDS
2021 Notable Essay in The Best American Essays, for “Culling My Library in the Time of Covid”
2021 American Society of Journalists and Authors, Prize-Winning Article, First-Person Essay, for “Sight and Insight”
2020 Advocate for Adults with Autism Award, Yes She Can, Inc.
2018 Most Popular Article, Next Tribe, “Swedish Death Cleaning: The Gentle Art of Tossing Your Stuff”
2017 American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book of the Year
2017 Featured Book Selection, Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month
2016-2017 Author on Tour for the Jewish Book Council’s Speaker Series
2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
2016 Top 10 “New Normal” Blogs, The Jewish Week, for “Sensory Overload and Jewish Holidays”
2016 Notable Essay in The Best American Essays, for “A Room of My Own”
2016 Winner Best Reported Essay, Beyond Your Blog Hall of Fame, “Why My Autistic Son Must Vote,” Chicago Tribune
2013 Honorable Mention, Our Past Loves Essay Contest, for “Florid Feelings”
2009 Third Prize Winner Memoir in Prose, Memoir Journal, for “Love Is Like This”
2007 Glimmer Train Finalist, Poetry, for “Elegy”