Articles and Essays

Autism

How Having a Child with Autism Helps Me Ride Out the Pandemic, New York Times

My Disabled Son Desperately Needs the Vaccine, Next Avenue

Nurturing an Autistic Son’s Spiritual Life, New York Times

Why My Autistic Son Must Vote,Chicago Tribune

Ten Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Parenting a Child with Special Needs, Kveller

Proving You’re a Good Parent, New York Times

Leaving (an Adult) Child for the First Time, New York Times

Making Sense of Death and Autism, New York Times

False Prophets of Autism, New York Times

The Crucial String, Thinking Person's Guide to Autism

Touring for "Colleges" with an Autistic Young Adult, Better After 50

Autism and Holidays, Huffington Post

Autism and Empathy, Huffington Post

Next Steps for an Adult Child with Autism, Huffington Post

A Clinical Failure, Huffington Post

The R Word, Huffington Post

Those Kids, Huffington Post

23andMe Informed Me My Husband and I Are Related, New York Magazine/The Cut

We Celebrated Our 35th anniversary With An Unusual Gift: His-And-Hers Hearing Aids, Washington Post

Why I’m Giving My Mother-in-Law a Book About a Tyrant, Next Avenue

Navigation Skills: A Mom Who “Likes” Too Much, Chicago Tribune

36 Ways to Wreck Your Vacation, Huffington Post

Never My-Zulled, Literary Mama

Cherry Red, Brevity

Sotto Voce, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood

Confessions of a Perfume Slut, Better After 50

Tupperware, Schtupperware, Huffington Post

25 Signs You’re A Veteran Mom, Scary Mommy

A Room of My Own, The Manifest-Station  

Listed As A Notable Essay In Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's The Best American Essays 2016

Yes This IS My Real Job,The Haven

Confessions of a Book Buzz Builder, Women Writers, Women’s Books

Lost and Found, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood

Writers’ Prey and Getting Paid, Huffington Post