This Autism/Asperger’s Blog Hop was just started by Sueberry Lane, and I learned of it from Autism Learning Felt.
I haven’t used this type of link-up tool before, but when you add your blog, it will show up everywhere this particular one is posted. Pretty cool, huh?!?
Anyway, this is the original description, so please feel free to join in if it applies to you:
Please list your Autism / Asperger’s Syndrome Blog here.
Autism Advocate sites and stores are welcome also.
Even if your blog is not an “Autism Blog” but you have children on the spectrum I’d love to have you join the blog hop. This is a great way to connect with others that can relate to your story and lend a kind ear.
Have fun visiting the linked blogs and hopefully finding some new resources…and friends!
I have been meeting a bunch of new bloggers lately, and one of them is a fun lady named Super Mommy. In addition to posting reviews and freebies, she has also started sharing about her two kids, one of whom has autism.
For the blog hop, she is asking us to tell what our blogs are about, how we got started, and how long we have been blogging. So here goes…
I published my first blog post on January 26, 2008, so as of right now, I have been blogging for a little over 16 months, and it has been an exciting adventure. I started out just wanting a place to express my thoughts and “find myself”, and then I discovered this amazing community of mommy bloggers and parents of special needs children who want to connect with and support each other.
Tomorrow I will have been married to my husband Bob for 17 years, and we have one son, Michael, who is 7 years old and getting ready to start first grade in a regular classroom with behavioral support. We live in South Central Pennsylvania and attend a wonderful non-denominational charismatic church where I am involved in the special needs ministry.
I work part-time in the promotional products industry (anybody need any mugs or pens with their logo printed on them??) and spend the rest of my time juggling housework, errands, and sleep with being Michael’s case manager and advocate.
A rare picture of the three of us together
Our Two Kitties
Feel free to look around a bit and let me know what you think. I am always thankful for feedback on how the site looks and works for you. Here are some of the highlights (in my opinion, anyway):
Thanks so much for stopping by! I’d love to know you were here, and you can subscribe to my feed or follow me on Twitter if you’d like.
Check out Super Mommy’s Blog Hop post to meet her and join in, and her Melamine Snack Set review to enter a giveaway.
As a board member of ASD HOPE, a small non-profit organization helping parents get started once they receive an autism diagnosis or move to this area of the country, I am always looking for ways to raise money to fund our efforts at providing HOPE (Help, Options and Parent Empowerment).
In addition to covering the printing and mailing costs for our Parent Information Booklet, ASD HOPE holds Parent Chats for “new” parents and EmPOWERment Workshops on a variety of topics. We also have a GFCF Support Group for families wanting to implement the diet.
GoodSearch is an easy way to support your favorite charity or non-profit organization, and we would be honored if you chose to support ASD HOPE in this way.
There are several options for how to use it:
Many of you know that I am a big fan of the parenting site Root & Sprout, and the related social network Grow Together. Over the last few months, Root & Sprout has experienced much growth and many changes, including hiring a core team of writers while still providing opportunities for both paid articles and voluntary submissions to the ezine.
Starting this month, articles will be published one or two per day instead of all on the first of the month. They will continue to range in category, covering ages from pregnancy to the teenage years and including other topics relevant to parenting. There will be giveaways each week, too, so subscribe to the feed today to stay informed!
Now that the site is using a blog platform (where you can also comment on the articles – hint, hint!), each post has its own permalink, which is great for referencing previous articles and sharing them with others. My newest article has just published today, and I have written two previous articles:
I am hopeful that sharing our potty training experience will give some hope to other moms who aren’t sure it will ever happen, whether your child has special needs or is just not responding the way you think they should be. I’d love to hear what you think!
I just happened to be going through my file of ideas for blog posts and found this cool blog award that I was given by Ellen at To The Max — in January! Guess I need to check the file more often. 
Here are the official rules and regulations (which you can totally ignore if I nominate you and you have no interest in doing it):
A) List 10 honest things about yourself—and make them interesting, even if you have to dig deep!
B) Pass the award on to 7 bloggers who you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap and whose blogs you find brilliant in design or content.
10 Honest (And Mildly Interesting) Things About Trish
- I am a voracious reader, usually finishing approximately 200 books each year. If you don’t believe me, check out my Shelfari bookshelf.
- I skipped first grade.
- I almost skipped sixth grade but was caught copying the answers for an assignment from a classmate (my one and only time cheating in school).
- I’m a sucker for just about any show on the Food Network or Style. (In fact, I’m watching a rerun of Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? as I write this.)
- I love the Chocolatier computer games and even take notes as I play so I can keep track of everything.
- It irritates me when I am leaving a comment on a blog and both word verification and comment moderation are turned on. I just don’t see the point. Not your problem, I know, but there it is. (I am open to changing my mind on this if someone could explain the rationale to me!)
- I have terrible teeth. They are crowded and crooked, and I have had more root canals than any one person should need.
- I have a degree in English Education, but have never taught professionally.
- Our ultrasound technician told us we were having a girl. I’m glad we had a boy.
- When my son falls asleep at night, it feels as though an actual weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
So, without further ado, I hereby pass this award on to the following blogs:
News from 5 Minutes for Special Needs
A quick heads up, everyone, there is a great giveaway for a Busy Body Book over at 5MFSN this week. And I’ve shared about our current school issues in my post on Friday, so if you are interested in all those details about dealing with inclusion and support, check out Taking the Lead.
One Lovely Blog Award
I’ve also just been given my first blog award since moving to WordPress and my own domain, the One Lovely Blog Award. It comes from Danette at Everyday Adventures, whose life with three little boys can best be summed up by looking at her URL – http://3runningincircles.com – it makes me smile every time I see it. Thanks, Danette, for the award and for sharing your stories!
Danette says, and this goes for me too, this is a stress-free award! Pass it on if and when you get a chance to, or not at all, that’s ok too. Since I wanted to pass it on, I looked back to see what the “rules” were and found this:
Copy, save and add the blog photo to your blog, share the love with 7 of your favorite blogs and be sure to mention who gave it to you (ahem…that would be me…)
So, here I go, spreading the love (you know I love all of you, but I read way too many blogs to list everyone!):
Funnily enough, when I went to General Hysteria for her link, I found that she had just named my new blog, Autism Interrupted, for an award of its own! I’ll post that one over there soon. (I know blog awards are a little silly, but they are so fun and I enjoy sharing some of the blogs I read with others and finding new ones that other people love!)
