I did a video the other day about where I’ve been–this is the accompanying post. Divorcing Autism was ignored by me for a long time and for that I apologize. In truth, I dropped many things for a while and am barely re-teaching myself how to cook and do basic things I forgot during the … Continue reading
Author Archives: Gloria Perez-Stewart
What I’ve Been Doing For The Past Two Years & Where My Divorcing Autism Blog Is Going
My badly made FB Live video of Aidan’s New (L.A.) House
Aidan’s new house finally closed, check out his grand tour of his kitchen below, while he was there cleaning and furnishing it with his dad. I’m way too lazy to try to film another one, so this Facebook Live one will have to be the Divorcing Autism update. School starts in a week, I’m busy with … Continue reading
Wait, school starts when???
School is about to start again, and because I’m not taking clients or doing sped individual advocacy work right now, I didn’t realize that LAUSD begins on August 16th for my kid. As in BEFORE Labor Day. Oops! So we are in a flurry of getting him ready. He’s lost a lot of weight from exercise … Continue reading
Aidan’s Apartment and Future Planning
Aidan has his own apartment and is moving out! Just kidding! If you’re a parent of a kid with disabilities, you know that the vast majority of adults with disabilities live in poverty or financial dependence. It’s a fact, and a scary one at that. The statistics are miserable for adults with disabilities, who still fight … Continue reading
Happy 40th Minus One.
I turned 39 today!!!!!! I wasn’t going to say my age online, but I don’t dye my grey, yet I’m secretly hoping for a Cruella Deville side of white at the side of my head. I could rock this: Kind of hard when you only have 10 grey hairs, but they’re coming fast, with a … Continue reading
Loving you, Aidan
Aidan Mauricio Villasenor-Walker: When I was 22 and pregnant with you, I shaved my legs for the first time ever, in an attempt to look pretty. It didn’t work. ! When I was 23, I remember rocking and channeling you to come into this physical world. I saw colors and lights, your birth was long, intense … Continue reading