Behind the Scenes of an Autistic Performer’s One Woman Show
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My daughter Samantha Elisofon will be performing her FIRST one woman show on June 21. How does she feel about it? “Thrilled to pieces but also anxious and worried. I’ve always performed with others, never all by myself.” That’s the edited summary of her feelings. I...
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I wish I could start writing again, but right now that seems like a thankless task. Do you really want my opinion about any of the topics on my exhaustive (and exhausting!) list? COVID 19 and the next booster shot (and the next?) COVID and the new variant – to mask...
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The good news is that our daughter Samantha is COVID negative. The bad news is that both of her parents have COVID. Since we live in a two-bedroom apartment, Samantha is the one who must try to isolate. Howard is home for what we both hope will only be a week. His...
read moreAutism, COVID and Freak Accidents
Autism, COVID and Freak Accidents My title sounds crazy, right? But this unhappy word trio perfectly describes my life for the past two weeks. We had been looking forward to our son Matt returning home for the holidays to celebrate his 31st birthday with his autistic...
read moreAn Autism Mom’s Gratitude List in a Confusing COVID World
Notice that I haven’t written any blogs since returning home from Maine on Labor Day. Why not? I could say I’ve been surprisingly busy feathering my new 74th Street nest. (That process has taken much longer than expected.) But that’s only part of the truth. The...
read moreAn Autism Family’s Complicated Vacation
Our family vacations have never been simple, but this year we had new complications. To begin with, we had only recently moved, our new apartment was still unfinished when we arrived, and it continues to be a work in progress. Next, our son Matt had a pre-vacation...
read moreA Prodigal Son Comes Home
After Covid restrictions and surgery on both hips, Samantha’s twin brother Matt returned from Los Angeles to go on our family vacation. We haven’t seen our son—except on FaceTime—for 19 months, so we were excited. Would Matt look the same as the last time we saw...
read moreA New Nest for an Autism Family
We only moved one block from East 73rd to East 74th Street so it should have been relatively simple, right? My adult autistic daughter Samantha took it “easy-peasy.” She didn’t seem the least bit curious about her new home or bothered that her room would be smaller....
read moreWaiting 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...
read moreMoving 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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