Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Foreword vii
Introduction 1
Well, How Did I Get Here? 12
Chinese Food Always Leaves Me Hungry 22
When Did You First Know? 27
Sex Time! 40
Howard Stem Every Day 42
Always on Our Toes 48
Bella's Birthday Blues 51
What Does Autism Look Like? 56
A Career Takes Root 66
It's a Small World. But a Big Hotel 71
Now Entering the Age of Autism 80
The Autism Marriage: Soul Mates or Cell Mates? 90
A Paper Mitten on the Giving Tree 96
New Word; The Stagtastrophe 100
The Things We Do for Love 107
The Little Green House 115
The Middle Child 125
Up, Up, and Away 133
Don't Ask. Don't Tell 139
Another Night in the Holiday Inn Express 147
Does Heroin Feel This Good? 154
Dr. Wakefield and the Anti-Vaxxers 159
Mother Superior 114
Beef: It's What's for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner 181
You've Got to Fertilize the Roses 186
My Turn 191
Author's Note 203
Encore 206
Kim's Gluten-Free Family Recipes 211
References 211
Glossary of Terms 218
Book Club or Classroom Questions 220