Waiting to Turn 65 During the Pandemic
For many years I’ve been in no hurry for my birthday. Most adults past a certain age—myself included—would prefer to slow down the clock or start counting backwards. Not this year. Ever since the vaccine became available to people over 65, I’ve yearned for my March...
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Moving an Autism Family’s Nest During Covid
After 30 years of raising our twins in a rental apartment in Manhattan, we are finally going to become coop owners! Better late than never, right? I’ve been looking for many years, but we could never afford an apartment that suited us. Once our son moved to Los...
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When Twins Turn 30 On Opposite Coasts During Covid
For many months during the pandemic, nothing inspired me to sit still long enough to write. I was anxious and emotionally exhausted from the persistent virus, the surreal election AND our family’s search for a new nest. I also suffered from sadness because our family...
read moreWhat Happens When One Twin Has Autism
As some of you may have noticed, I have not been writing blogs lately. Instead of blogging, I've been busy trying to find a new nest.-- a VERY relevant topic these days thanks to the pandemic. More news on that soon. Meantime, I'm reprinting my recent article on...
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An Autism Mom’s Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Long before I became a mother, I strongly identified with the gender struggles of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Over the years, her pioneering legal mind and advocacy for equal treatment of gender has been a tremendous inspiration to me throughout my own life, and most...
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Covid 19 Summer Vacation – Maine instead of Spain
This year, our family had expected to travel to Madrid, Sevilla, the Algarve and Lisbon. That vacation had been meticulously planned by my husband, (who should be a travel agent in his next life). But the best laid plans, well, you know… The coronavirus not only...
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An Autism Mom’s Vacation Rules During Covid19
Believe it or not, my daughter Samantha asked me to make a list of vacation rules. Why didn’t I think of this 20 years ago? Probably I was too busy running around with my almost 10-year-old twins. Or maybe I never imagined Samantha would (or could!) follow even the...
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Love on the Spectrum – The Real Deal
As an autism mom and blogger, I was eager to watch the documentary series Love on the Spectrum. Of course, my daughter Samantha watched with me. Filmed in Australia and recently released on Netflix, Love on the Spectrum features autistic men and women in their early...
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Covid19: Oddities and Ends
Here in New York we’ve entered a not-so-brave new world of semi-normal. Forget about consistency—especially when it comes to viewing real estate. Many buildings on the Upper East Side allow brokers to show apartments with various limits. I’ve seen about half a dozen...
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Life Lived Backwards
When I was in my late 20s yearning to find a serious relationship, my psychotherapist sensibly suggested that I find my own identity first. Back then, I worked in financial public relations and had grown to hate every minute of it. I’d always wanted to be a writer,...
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About Marguerite
Marguerite Elisofon is a New York City writer and the author of My Picture Perfect Family, a memoir about how her family navigated life with a child on the autistic spectrum before the internet and support groups existed. She also blogs about parenting young adults and disability related issues in The Never Empty Nest. Her writing has been featured in a variety of publications, including Time and NY Metro Parents magazine, and her family’s story has been featured by the NY Post, Fox News, The Daily Mail, and on Jenny McCarthy’s Dirty Sexy Funny radio show. A Vassar graduate, Marguerite was born and raised in New York City, where she still lives with her husband, Howard, in their mostly-empty nest. She is available to speak about a wide variety of issues relating to twins, parenting, and autism. 