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  • Like A Backpack, She Carries Autism With Her

    Betty Sweet Atkinson August 18, 2026 Special Needs

    It’s funny; saying it that way. “A child with Autism.” As if it were something she elected to carry around with her.

    Back Into The Woods: When Maternity Leave Ends

    Betty Sweet Atkinson July 10, 2026 Working Parent

    If there is ever a time when mothers' faces look exactly the same, it is when they are too near to the end of that precious allotment of time with their newborn.

    She’s Going To Do Great Things

    Betty Sweet Atkinson September 3, 2016 Special Needs

    Autism is a wild and lonely predicament. It is energy and fear, tunneled focus and aimless wandering.

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