by Marguerite Elisofon | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Worrying about where my high-functioning autistic daughter will live and how she will manage to navigate independently in a (mostly) unkind or indifferent world is hard enough. Or so I thought until I read the front-page headline in last Friday’s New York Times:...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Feb 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Instead of writing about hearts and flowers on Valentine’s Day, I find myself once again drawn to the subject of where—and how—my daughter on the spectrum can live safely and independently in Manhattan. As Samantha approaches 30 (gulp!) and I’m cruising along in my...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Feb 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
How is it possible that an 8-year old boy with autism was murdered by his father? And his father was a policeman! As The New York Times reported, “it was no secret that Tommy Valva was suffering.” For the past two years, worried school officials and teachers had made...