May 2013 - Marguerite Elisofon

Graduation Gauntlet

http://theglutengal.com/2013/12/ by Adriane Tillman | May 31, 2013 | ADHD, college, college graduation, commencement speakers, family, Kirsten Gillibrand, parenting, politicians, Shirley Chisolm, twins

What could be more special than watching your child’s college graduation? Answer: Watching your child graduate from the same school where you received your diploma 35 years earlier. Max’s May 26th graduation from “our” alma mater was the ultimate déjà...

Blog Blow Back

by Adriane Tillman | May 24, 2013 | ADHD, blogging, college graduation, comedy, family, humor, hypochondria, internet privacy issues, Mother's Day, parent blogs, parenting, technology issues, Virginia Woolf, women writers

Counting down the days to Max’s graduation, our phone conversations cover a lot of territory: slogging through the last college paper, enjoying senior week festivities, saying goodbye to friends and my son’s erratic job search. On our last phone call, Max...

Sarah’s Fifteen Minutes

by Adriane Tillman | May 10, 2013 | actors with disabilities, ADHD, Asperger's Syndrome, autism, college, family, film festivals, parenting, Tourette's Syndrome

Last May, Sarah was “discovered” by a Columbia University film director. Director Rachel Israel was looking for someone to play opposite a young man with Asperger’s and Tourette’s Syndrome in her thesis film. She had already auditioned 100 neurotypical...

Empathy and Etiquette

by Adriane Tillman | May 3, 2013 | ADHD, autism, bullying, college, empathy, etiquette, family, hypochondria, manners, parenting, twins

Hmm… This one is complicated. One of my readers who never had children asked me about teaching kids manners, and whether I thought it was also possible to teach empathy. The first part of the question is easy. Most parents try to teach their kids to say...