A COVID-19-Inspired Housing Solution for Our Autistic Daughter

• By: Marguerite Elisofon, BA Author, Writer and Autism Consultant
• March 26th, 2021
• COVID-19, family, housing, independence, Spring 2021 Issue
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For many years I’ve been thinking about how and where our daughter Samantha (now 30) could live independently. She doesn’t belong - nor does she want to be - in a group living situation and she is not yet ready to live on her own. After surviving 5 years of roommates at Landmark College and...

What Happens When One Twin Has Autism

• By: Marguerite Elisofon, BA Author, Writer and Autism Consultant
• October 1st, 2020
• diagnosis, fall 2020 issue, family solidarity, parenting, siblings, twins
• 11238    2

When my twins were born prematurely on December 26th, 1990, nobody talked about autism. There was no internet and autism support groups did not yet exist. Caring for two premature babies was overwhelming enough, but the dawning recognition that our daughter Samantha was not developing at anything...