Mighty Member since December 2015
Kristen Scott has two adult children, including a 30-year-old son with autism. Her essays have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Parent, the suburban Chicago papers of the Pioneer Press and two book anthologies. She led a support group focusing on the emotional needs of parents with special needs children for seven years. A speaker on autism to various groups, she blogs at Good Marching: Experiences in Autism and the Rest of Life. She and her husband, Andy, live in Deerfield, Illinois.