My name is Addie and I have autism.

Dear Addie, The understudy. One of the most important roles in any production, yet often overlooked or never thought about by the...

Dear Addie, I’ve heard it more than once, now that Caitlin is here you can have some “me time” or “you can take a break!” All that is...

Dear Addie, Some 14 years ago now, when big sister Clara was an inquisitive 3-year-old and brother Gabe just a ball of baby, well before...

Dear Addie, And there you were standing in front of me as I was surrounded by a sea of mismatched socks and 1000 other ADHD style 1/2...

Dear Addie, This week I was scrolling through Instagram and came across this beautiful landscape picture painted by the world-famous...

Dear Addie, It comes with the territory. I say this a lot. Lack of or cryptic language, social awkwardness, odd behaviors, and a vampire...

Dear Addie, I came across a picture of you this week and all the memories came flooding back. It was taken shortly after your “official”...

Dear Addie, We plateaued and maybe even started digging a hole toward more profound regression. Unfortunately, it’s commonplace in the...

Dear Addie, It’s a new year baby girl – a time for reflection on the year behind us, new resolutions, and promises of what’s to come in...

Dear Addie, A storm. By definition, it’s a violent disturbance of the atmosphere causing a reaction. It’s often predicted by experts but...

Dear Addie, This is traditionally my favorite week of the year filled with family and holiday cheer, but here we were, feeling nothing...

Dear Addie, This week I saw great growth (which can always go hand in hand with a fair share of challenges) in your behavior. You...

Dear Addie, I’m pretty confident if there were awards given for tipping chaos scales we’d clean up - just saying. But it’s true! Having...

Dear Addie, This week I felt it. The emotional, physical, and mental toll this journey manifests, just got the best of me. Truth…You are...

Dear Addie, Thanksgiving. A day of reflection on all we are thankful for. While this autism journey isn’t what I would call anything...

Dear Addie, For as long as I can remember, far before any autism diagnosis you have had significant auditory sensitivities. For example,...

Dear Addie, It’s that time of year again when I ditch my non-yogaing yoga pants for a fancy gown and head out to feel all the feels among...

Dear Addie, We didn’t notice at first, it was slow and stealth-like to our everyday life, but your language seems to be taking a...

Dear Addie, …and then everything just made sense again. I hear that phrase a lot. It’s often used when things seem “off” or different and...

Dear Addie, We were coming off of a fun, slightly chaotic, sensory overload kind of week and if I’m being honest, we all could’ve used an...