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I Had a Daddy

My daddy left me. No, this didn't happen recently.   It happened when I was nine.  I think.  I don't remember much of my childhood.  Oh, sure, I remember some pieces.  I think.  I remember my phone number, my address, my house, my activities, my school.  Hey, maybe I do remember lot of my childhood.  The thing is my dad left me.  When I was nine.  And you'd think I would remember the details.   Read more >

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He's brilliant. He's beautiful. He's funny. He also happens to be diagnosed with autism. Mama's just trying not to mess him up.

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Brenda Rothman
Member Since
January 2010
About Me: 

Brenda Rothman is a writer, public speaker, and political activist with a background in information technology, writing, and health law.  She is a parent to a child diagnosed with autism.  Brenda blogs at mamabegood.blogspot.com.  She has written for The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism (published November 2011), The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism blog, and the Sensory Processing Disorder Blogger's Network.  Her essay about race and autism was featured by Denene Miller on My Brown Baby's blog and Parenting.com's blog.  Brenda has been interviewed by Atlanta Parent and The Lime magazines about autism and blogging.  She has advocated for autism insurance reform and autism support in front of legislators, insurance representatives, medical professionals, and the autism community. She lives in Atlanta with her patient husband and brilliant, beautiful son Jack.

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Full-time mom
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Atlanta
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autism, parenting, special needs

 

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