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Autism on a Budget

Autism on a Budget

When you have a child with special needs your whole financial landscape changes. There are therapies, special equipment, medicines and diet considerations. These costs go above and beyond those of raising a “typical” child.

Love and Marriage

Love and Marriage

So today is mine and Odum’s 6th wedding anniversary. We’ve had our ups and downs but I can honestly say it’s been the best 6 years of my life. We are both so incredibly happy and still so much in love.

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28 Apr Rollinginthetire

Groupies

This week I’m finally going to get my fifteen minutes of fame! I was very honoured to be asked to be a part of the Kidsability Kids Can’t Wait Radiothon. As you’ve read before Tristan

26 Apr AandEm

Guest Post: Mama Bear and the No Brainer Wardrobe

I’m really lucky to have some amazing friends in my life and Emily from Adventures of Mama Bear is one of them! She’s doing something very special for Tristan over at her blog so check

22 Apr images

Going to the Dogs

If you’re a regular here at Poor Not Famous you probably know that although Tristan has an autism diagnosis he has no services. Kidsability, our child development centre that provides speech and occupational therapy discharges

16 Apr DSC_0154

The Buried Life

Odum recently read this great post about this show on MTV called The Buried Life. It’s a great story and basically these guys go out and do something on their bucket lists and then help

3 Apr FunctionalPlay

Our Story – Part III

The last installment of our story, check out part one and part two. After finally getting our autism diagnosis we decided our next course of action was to find a DAN! Doctor and find out

2 Apr LaughingatMaya

Our Story – Part II

This is the continuation of our story here. We knew something was up with Tristan at almost two he didn’t speak, barely made eye contact, did not play functionally with his toys the list went

1 Apr Tristan

Our Story – Part I

Today is the first day of autism awareness month so I thought it would be fitting to start a series about our autism story. Our journey to and through autism is probably pretty similar to

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Autism Awareness Month

April is autism awareness month. This year, this month seems more important to me than before. I guess it’s because Tristan is getting older, in school and out in the community more. Awareness to me

28 Mar Chocolate Chickpea Cupcakes

My Favorite Gluten Free/Casein Free Recipe

This is my favourite gluten free/casein free recipe. Even friends and family that aren’t gluten free and casein free love it and make it. One of my best friends even made this for her son’s

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