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The Sandwich Generation: Caretaking Times Two The day Hurricane Katrina swept herself 150 miles inland into my hometown, my parents were in a pretty difficult stage of their Sandwich Generation era. Papaw, my paternal grandfather, sat with us at the kitchen table while we watched the forest surrounding my parents’ house begin to fall trees, […]

The word “autism” was first coined in 1911 by a German psychiatrist who believed autism was a subtype of schizophrenia (spoiler alert: he was very, very wrong). Needless to say, the word has had a tumultuous history [1,9]. Throughout the decades, however, researchers and medical professionals have begun to better understand the inner world of […]

Bridging the Divide: Maintaining Relationship with your Teenagers For some reason I have this vivid memory from late childhood that stands out on the timeline of my life. One evening on the way home from a church function, I remember telling my parents, “so instead of playing outside tonight, my friends and I just stood […]