If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. —Henry David Thoreau, 1854
This is me: I’m five-foot nuthin’, one-hundred and… ahem pounds; a roly-poly, Reubenesque bon-bon of a gal, often described as cute but never sexy. I have two autistic children, an Australian Shepherd named Sugar and an albino frog named Humbert Humbert.
I’ve also got a husband, but he’s sort of a bit-player in the melodrama that is my life. The frog gets more screen time than he does.
From time to time I upload video clips from the autism documentary I am working on in blog postings. (As well as 9-year-old Jaxson's "movies". My kid fancies himself a director!)
I have also written a humor memoir titled I Wish I Were Engulfed in Flames, which will be released this fall by Skyhorse Publishing.
This page serves as an archive for all autism related videos.
If you wish to contact me regarding all things autism, whether to commiserate, vent, or just say hello, here is my e-mail:
jlcallmejeni@aol.com
A SHORT FILM ABOUT AUTISM:
TALES OF A FIRST GRADE DRAMA KING:
JO JO ON AUTISM:
MOVING TO MICHIGAN: The beginning of our journey...
Jaxson's first Evaluation and First Day of School
SENSORY STEW
