WOW.
About one week ago (at the urging of a friend), I decided to submit my Open Letter to All Professionals to The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism. I have followed this site for a while, and have a lot of respect for the people who run it. I had heard from my (RL and Internet) friends that it was a good piece. I thought I might be worth a shot. All they could say was "no thank you".
And I am honored to say they accepted my submission!!! They posted the essay two days ago, and you can't know the thrill I got knowing it was out there. Outside of this little blog and my little cloister of friends and followers. What I wasn't prepared for was the overwhelming response I've had to the letter. Apparently, it struck a chord with parents and teachers alike. I have had tons of lovely emails from people who have really responded to it.
I am deeply honored and thankful to everyone who has passed on words of appreciation and friendship. It means the world to me.
And for those new visitors to the Crack, welcome.
6 comments:
Congrats! That's great. That's an awesome site!
Fantastic! What great company. And it's a great piece!
Congrats! Looks like you started some kind of debate over there..I was a-scared to jump in, but you already know how I feel about your piece...loved it.
Did you see the teacher's rebuttal? Instead of submitting it via email, she actually wrote a bunch of separate comments under where the submission guidelines are instead of under your post. I wonder if they post it. I don't know what they thought was so controversial about yours that they felt they needed to get defensive. You didn't think you were such an agitator right?
Wow, lemme tell you, I never thought I would cause such a stir! I am not sure how she got so twisted up, but clearly she took the piece WAY MORE personally than intended. I am trying not to take it too personally, because lets face it, it is easy to be mean on the internet.
My 'lil man doesn't have autism... he actually has a rare neurological condition called hydranencephaly (a completely different story, one that you can find here~ http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/braydenharper) but your "letter" and another subsequent one posted on your blog, spoke novels to me as I'm re-routing through the never-ending, all to familiar grief cycle.
Needless to say, I'm a new follower... and a blogger, so I shared your words this morning. It was well-worth the share, and it pulled me outta my funk. Thank you! I hope you do not mind...
and nice to "meet" you new "friend" :)
I am a newcomer to your blog and I love it!
You speak of what we all feel, and do it s very well.
Thank you.
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