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U of I Homecoming Parade 2025!!

06/25/2025

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Sensory-Friendly Morning returns to the Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 13, from 8 a.m. to noon. This event is designed to help those who may be overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of the Fair. We'll turn down the lights and noise to let everyone have a Fair Sweet Fair.

Learn more at https://www.iowastatefair.org/visit/sensory-friendly-morning.

Sensory-Friendly Morning is presented by ChildServe and morning programming is sponsored by Drake University.

04/10/2025

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Since I can’t mention “ABA” without triggering the usual flood of “ABA is torture,” and of course “your child will hate you”, I’ll reiterate…

ABA therapy isn’t abuse. It’s not conversion therapy. It’s not ableist. And no, our kids aren’t in therapy because we’re trying to make them “normal.”

They’re in therapy because we want them to stay alive. Because they deserve to learn how to communicate, how to avoid danger, how to eat enough to grow, and how to go to the bathroom with dignity. That’s not oppression. That’s humanity.

Some autistic people don’t need help with these things. And that’s great. But my son does. Profoundly. He doesn’t just need acceptance, he needs support, and he needs it in the form of actual tools, not just slogans.

ABA therapy means teaching Charlie that running into the street could kill him. That swallowing screws isn’t safe. That there are other ways to express pain besides self-injury. That he has a right to be heard, even if his voice comes through a tablet.

I’m not ready to give up on helping him learn even just one skill that could give him more freedom, more peace, or more safety.

So yes, we do ABA. Not because I’m ashamed of who Charlie is, but because I love him too much to leave him behind a wall of silence and danger.

If that makes me abusive in your eyes, then I’m glad you’re not the one responsible for keeping my child alive.