Amy Johnson   Pushing Through, Together    As a parent of two
boys on the autism spectrum, one of my biggest jobs is to be
their cheerleader and coach.  They need to know that they are
supported and that they have someone on their side, who is safe
and loves them.  Jodie and I work our hardest to play those
roles because, even in this day and age of  "awareness" and
"understanding" there are some pretty mean people out there. 
Those people?  Make our job that much harder.  As I watch my
boys grow and learn and struggle and triumph, I think on what it
means to have empathy for th...more  Lives Intertwined  At my
niece's birthday party I found myself in the middle of telling
my brother in law about why it's so cool that Hasbro has made
Kre-O Transformers, since there's never been any Lego
Transformers.  I caught myself and thought, "What am I doing?!" 
I even told him, "It's pathetic how much I know about
Transformers."  And I realized that I have, inadvertently,
become a Transformer expert.  Certainly not what