Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome

The online conversation went like this: A woman on Facebook posted an article about how a Monsanto chemical might be contributing to the rise in autism. Another woman, self-disclosing as autistic, said the article was fear-mongering and unfairly demonizing to autistic people. A third woman piped in, saying that because 30-some percent of autistic people [...]

It was 3 p.m., but it felt like 4 p.m., and we live in Vermont, so the low-hanging sun made it look like 5 p.m. My daughters, Fiona and Petra, and I cast long shadows on the ground. My shadow was in the middle, holding Fiona’s hand on my left and Petra’s hand on my [...]