It’s a cold and snowy morning on the Rosebud and I’m happy to hear the federal government has reopened for three weeks. Many implications of this which I hope to blog about later. I wanted to share an audio of “Connect the Dots” radio show in which I was interviewed on this topic by Alison Rose Levy. So, if you have time or a long drive ahead, have a listen. https://connectthedots.podbean.com/e/connect-the-dots-an-indigenous-perspective-on-the-meeting-between-diverse-groups-in-dc/
On Jan. 5th, 2009, my middle daughter (J.M.) was diagnosed with autism. "Classic Autism." The words still ring in mid-air. She was diagnosed at 2 yrs. 6 mos. As young as you can be, really, to get a true diagnosis (so I read). Recently I was asked, "How did you know?" It was a lot of different behaviors, combined with her not talking by 2 yrs to lead me to start researching. I looked and searched for countless hours... putting square pegs into round holes in my mind. I wanted something to show me, tell me, anything to point me toward NO! She DOES NOT have autism. But that answer never came. It was a long process, and is still in the works. But we are growing stronger. I think of her prognosis from when she was 10 weeks gestation. She tested positive for the blood test labeled quad screen. Which, along with a second-level sonogram, tested her positive for downsyndrome. Longer story than this, but we wanted her and she was born. She was always hard to tak
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