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The Many Faces of Autism – Autism Awareness Month at the Cafe
Katrina MoodyThis post was originally published as part of our autism awareness month writings in 2012 but I think it speaks to a visceral and personal explanation of why and how autism awareness is a...
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Why “Curing” Autism is a Ridiculous Headline
Katrina MoodyCuring Autism isn’t Realistic, Silly! I wrote the following article a while back, then re-edited it after we watched the sensationalist news report from a local television station –...
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Awesome Adaptive Bike Giveaway for Children with Special Needs
Katrina MoodyAdaptive Bikes for a Child with Special Needs – How Awesome is That? There are few things more amazing than the freedom of riding your own bike for the first time, but for many children...
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Our Birth Story and the Story of Hope
Katrina MoodyOur Birth Story is not for the Weak of Heart, but its full of Hope This photo was taken literally days after Logan was released from the NICU after being born at a whopping 2’14” Each of...
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Special Needs Kids Win the World! 29 Great Bike Giveaway Winners!
Katrina MoodySupport and Encourage these Kids with Awesomeness! Just wanted to pass along this great announcement from the Friendship Circle’s Great Bike Giveaway – we can congratulate 29 amazing,...
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Free or Low-cost Autism Resource – NAA’s Big Red Safety Box
Katrina MoodyLink: Big Red Safety Box | FOUND – National Autism Association We received one of these Big Red Safety boxes last year from the National Autism Association and it was a blessing to have...
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Rod Stewart’s ‘Time’ a Thrilling Listen for Mom
Katrina MoodySofter Rock Sound and Storytelling Marks Rod Stewart’s ‘Time’ Release I was thrilled to have a chance to review Rod Stewart’s Time since I was a fan of his even as a teenager. His smooth...
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Socializing Support for Special Needs Parents Series
Katrina MoodySocial Media Offers Unique Support for us Parents of Awesomeness I’ve written before about how amazing the support for special needs parents is on Twitter, but I’ve noticed that support is...
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Asking for Help is Hard to Do
Katrina MoodySpecial Needs Parenting’s a Tough Gig Back when we were first going through Bobby’s diagnosis and learning how to parent an amazingly awesome little boy, we didn’t realize just what...
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Coming Back to Life – Blogging, Anyway
Katrina MoodyThe one rule of special needs parenting that we just have a hard time getting right. When Kat’s Cafe first began, I was adamant that the site be a place for healing – first for myself and...
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Today is Day One
Katrina MoodyAfter Five Months Seizure-Free Logan Went Down He went down in the middle of the local Goodwill store, to the shock of at least one man, who asked if he was okay as I was jumping over...
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One Word or 500 Words
Katrina MoodyFinding my Writing Voice in 2014, One Word at a Time I’m a writer, have been for longer than I can remember loving to write. But it seems like the more I wanted to write, talked about...
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Why I Love my Husband
Katrina MoodyThis post is part of the Happy Wives Club Blog Tour, and I am celebrating marriage along with hundreds of inspiring bloggers. To learn more and join us, CLICK HERE! I Remember when I Fell...
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Katrina MoodyDon’t Look Here for People First Language People-first language used to be a big deal to me. I remember, as a parent new to my kids’ varied diagnoses, looking around wild-eyed and...
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Rare Disease Day – Awareness and Action
Katrina Moody I don’t always put a lot of stock in awareness “days” or limited awareness campaigns. I used to want to participate in every single one – somewhere along the line I lost a little of my...
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Making Baskets
Katrina Moody I watched Bobby make his first basket yesterday and clapped, yelling out “Way to go, Bobby” grinning from ear to ear as if I were the one who made a basket. We were at his Special...
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Words Hurt – it Really is That Simple
Katrina Moody The r-word campaign is all about respect, and acknowledging that the more people that know about how derogatory the r-word is, the better. The r-word stands for ‘retard’ and the campaign...
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Nominate Awesomeness for The #GreatBikeGiveaway!
Katrina Moody Last year, Andy learned how to read his ten-speed bike and blew his dad and I away with how much he loved it. Watching him as he rode his bike, the grin on his face was huge and carefree,...
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Autism: Unique is Awesome – Expressions of PosAutivity: #AutismPositivity2014
Katrina Moody Let’s Mold Different Perceptions of Autism and Autistic People When Suzanne Wright penned her opinion piece for Autism Speaks last November, she didn’t inspire me to action, she didn’t...
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Giving Up
Katrina Moody Depression … you old friend, you. In some ways, I’ve spent years getting to this point. In others, I spent years avoiding this moment. In writing this I hope to let you guys in on a...
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