Thank you for taking the time to read a little more about me.
Firstly, let me just say, that I blog about anything and everything under the sun because like everyone else, my life is made up of more facets, than just one.
My son has Autism and I will always write about our experiences together but my life is also filled with so much more.
I’m a mother, an academic, a researcher, a philosopher, a writer, a feminist and an amateur photographer, but most importantly of all, I’m a human being with my own unique ways of taking in this world.
For all of these reasons my blog is somewhat of an eclectic space.
Filled not just with issues and concerns dealing with Autism, but also with my own experiences and imagination, poetry and photography.
I’m also passionate about sharing the works of both adults with Autism and parents of children with Autism within my blog space.
To this end I regularly open up my space to those who feel that they have experiences, views and stories of their own that they wish to tell.
So from time to time you may find the words of others appearing in all their glory across your screen when you click on my name.
If so don’t panic. This exactly how I wish it to be and if you, yourself would like to contribute please feel free to contact me.
In the meantime I hope that you will find something of value amidst my ramblings.
If you do, please remember that whilst I am happy for you to share my posts via either the REBLOG or Share Post functions on Word Press, I am not happy to have my words stolen without permission.
So please, whatever you do, don’t become a thought pirate.
Don’t cut and paste or take my words without first applying all due credit.
On a more positive note, I hope you enjoy my blog space.
Cheers.
Seventh 
something for you – http://betweenpoles.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/my-you-can-do-so-many-things-p/
Hey, I like what you’re about and I appreciate your positive feedback, so I’ve nominated you for the Thanks For Writing award!
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Congratulations to you on your well deserved awards and thank you so much for your kindness in sharing one with me. I am honored = )
I read a few posts, and I know I will be back to read them all you have. Most of all, one post stands out and hit hard…”letter to myself in 20 yrs” many times i felt a same way, but never had the chance to write it down, mainly b/c I started crying uncontrollably.
You are a wonderful mother a wonderful human being. God bless you.
Thank you so much for your kind words. All any of us can ever hope to do is to improve our children’s lives. For some that means buying a bigger house, or providing the best education that money can buy. But there are some of us out there for whom the goals are somewhat less grand but still somehow more personally immense. I thank you so much for your support. Blessings to you too.
Thanks for following “Swords, Specters, & Stuff.” I hope you continue to enjoy my “diverse” posts.
I wanted to nominate you for the “one lovely blog award”. I think you are fantastic and i like reading your posts. you can accept the honor and share seven things about yourself in a post… thanks for the sunshine! with love, Aarthi.
http://sickocean.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/one-lovely-blog-award-for-me/
Thank you Aarthi. What an honor and congratulations to you for receiving this award. Sending much love to you for sharing it with me. Cheers 7th.
Hi,
I have nominated you for an award. Details are over at http://anautismdad.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/award-for-anautismdad/
Congratulations on receiving this award and immense gratitude for sharing the joy with me. I am honored to have been nominated by you. Thank you so much = )
I have tagged you for the Liebster award
http://aspie-dk.blogspot.dk/2013/03/liebster-award.html
Wow… Thank you. What an honor!!!!!!!
I like your blog. Eclecticity is great! Thanks for following my blog as well.
Cheers to you
Looking forward to catching up on your blog, I think I will enjoy it immensely.
Thank you Trinity. I hope you enjoy it
thanks for dropping by my blog.
love your writings and look forward to reading more
much love from one autism parent to another!
xx
Thank you Candidcoma. Much love to you too x.
Hello, Mae,
Browsing through your postings gives me the sense of a human being fully engaged in her life, and fighting back against the urge to abandon the hope for a better life. In this regard, we are similarly engaged, but the amount of strength and resolve required for you to face your life are far greater than most people ever need to conjure. That you continue to do so inspires us all.
When anyone with your degree of talent and powerful motivation for writing gives attention to my blog, while it is a gift which I strive to earn with every entry, it always feels somewhat mysterious to me, and like many writers, I often secretly wonder how it could be that our words resonate for each other.
Human consciousness is a fundamental aspect of our humanity, and one that is essential in recognizing our inseparability from every other spirit born in the world. How it is even possible that humans can be so empathetic and caring in one place, and so disconnected and callous in another remains even more mysterious yet.
The great German writer, Goethe once wrote:
“The true locus of beauty is not in the intellect or in reason, but in natural feeling and passion.”
Your natural feeling and passion are testimony that Goethe was right.
With appreciation…..John H.
Thank you so much for your amazingly beautiful words of both acknowledgment and encouragement. They are truly appreciated.
AnElephantCant think of anything clever to say
This happens time after time
But he wants you to know
That he likes you and so
He says hello with this silly rhyme
I love your rhymes.
Your sense of time,
Though this is a skill,
I sometimes lack,
In my own silly words,
I say hello to you,
Right back.
Your writings give me so much pleasure, hope & inspiration. I cannot thank you enough!
Thank you so much for your amazingly gorgeous and encouraging comment. You have made my entire week
Thank-you for visiting my blog and following. All the best to you. Renee
Thank you for visiting my blog seventh……may I ask where you are from?
Hello there. I’m from Australia.
Hi, and thanks for the follow! I noticed you started following Writing at Midnight after I posted my last post, “Bibliomancy”. I just wanted to make sure that you saw that this blog, Writing at Midnight, has been discontinued (though none of the old posts will be deleted in case anyone found them useful.) My new blog is at alisonjmckenzie.wordpress.com. If you had intentionally followed the discontinued blog, that’s fine, but I thought I’d double check.
Thanks Lynxchild. No it wasn’t intentional so I will check out your new blog.
Thanks so much for visiting and following my blog! I appreciate it very much. I’ve enjoyed my visit here and look forward to following your posts.
You are so very welcome and thank you for being kind enough to visit my humble little blog home as well
“Thought pirate.”
What a cool phrase. I promise not to be one, but it’s phrase one itches to appropriate because it’s so smart!
Thank you. I am indeed planning to use it again…. I agree with you…. I loved the phrase as soon as I came up with it and yes it certainly does beg to be used again.
Good for you — exactly the right guidelines for sharing without exploitation. And… thank you for choosing to follow my blog
Thank you icelandpenny. I’m looking forward to reading more of your blog.
Thank you for following me and checking out my blog. Your blog looks wonderful, and I’m excited to look around.
You are so very welcome Mariasmillios and thank you for taking the time to drop me a line and have a look around my blog:)
Thank you for following HoB. Much appreciated! I’ll be hanging around here…
You are so very welcome Hermon. I look forward to reading more of you blogs. Cheers 7th
You and I started blogging at just about the same time. I look forward to reading more here. I’m very interested in Asperger Syndrome, and it looks like you are very knowledgeable. I look forward to getting better acquainted.
Thanks for dropping by my blog. I shall have a wander around yours – looks interesting.
Thank you Be Well And Be Happy and you are so very welcome
Hi, thanks for the visiting and following my blog. All the best, I look forward to reading more here.
Thank you Sky. Cheers, I look forward to reading more or your blog too
thankyou for stopping by ……so glad to meet you
You too Srijana Kattel
I love your blog!
That’s why I nominated you for the Super Sweet Blog Award.
Check out my blog (http://clumsyfool.wordpress.com/) for the rules and more information.
Oh wow…. Thank you so much….. Love it……I am honoured by your kindness xx
You are very welcome! xx
Thank you for following my blog
. I really appreciate it!
There is absolutely nothing wrong with having an eclectic blog. In a way mine is all over the place, main reason I named my blog Family, Friends And Everything In Between.
I look forward to reading your posts ( I am following your blog too )!
Take care!
Because you got me hooked on your amazing blog, I nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award. For More information check out my page: http://clumsyfool.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/the-versatile-blogger-award/.
Good luck!
Hi I wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the Super Sweet Blogger Award. Here’s the link to my post about it http://littlewhitescale.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/super-sweet-blogger-award/
Thank you so, so, much for the nomination and a big sweet congratulations to you
You’re welcome
Reading your blog has inspired me to continue writing, so I’ve nominated you for a Very Inspiring Blogger Award!
The rules for receiving this award are:
1. Display the award logo on your blog.
2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
3. State 7 things about yourself.
4. Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award and link to them.
5. Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award’s requirements.
Thank you so very much Mimi…. I am honored…… and congratulations to you for being such an inspiring blogger in your own right (write).