by Marguerite Elisofon | Nov 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
What a whirlwind year 2017 turned out to be! Watching our daughter Samantha blossom as an actress and autism ambassador, and speaking to hundreds of adoring fans of her movie Keep the Change has been an unparalleled thrill. In the past two weeks alone, our family has...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Nov 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
After watching earlier episodes of The Good Doctor, I was particularly keen to see this week’s show because it featured a young actor on the autism spectrum, making a guest appearance as a patient with autism. I am sincere in saying that I applaud the efforts of this...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Nov 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
If someone had told me 20 years ago that my daughter on the autism spectrum would grow up to be an actress, co-star in a film that won the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival AND earn a nomination for Best Actress, I’d have insisted that person was crazy or talking about...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Nov 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
For the past two weeks, I’ve been fighting bedbugs, courtesy of my daughter’s now-ex-boyfriend. Hygiene and living conditions for adults on the spectrum are often less than ideal. But as soon as bedbugs migrated from Samantha’s boyfriend’s abode to our...
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. 