Juggling Autism: The Chronicles of Ben Royko

One of our nicknames for Ben is Pavarotti. Here is a minute and twenty nine seconds of why. We don’t know exactly where some of these are from, like the “Weeee, Ah Weeeee, Ah Weeeeeeee-T!” We do know “Arrr-Purr” is

When Ben hits the bathroom, he makes sure to wash his hands – as many times as there are sinks (unless there’s a dozen or something like that – then he just bothers with one). His technique is a little

Frankly, I was surprised to be asked to introduce the Academy Award-nominated film, Life, Animated, for an autism benefit recently. I have a history with Ron Suskind’s book and, by extension, the film, and it’s a little bit, as they

Truly mind boggling. I am a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union, a fan even, and dumbfounded by how they have managed to fit their heads SO far up their ass. This is the opposite of “civil liberties.”

A month or so ago, in an unrelated e-mail exchange, autism philanthropist, ex-lawyer, mother to nonverbal autism, and major supporter of research Jill Escher asked me a question. “I’m just curious, did your mom smoke, or did your mother in

From Anola: “So we have been trying to figure out a way to get our guys to eat more veggies so we came up with the idea to blend the veggies in a blender and put them into burgers. Today

Ben is always surprising us – mostly in good ways. (The other kind, we’ll get to that.) For example: Sightseeing with Ben is literally that – sight seeing, as in a very quick glance and then the sight’s been seen

Come on out and help The Pam Stern Legacy of Hope Foundation, which supports Keshet’s programs for children and adults with autism, great organizations that I am thrilled to be working with for this event. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS AND

Ben gets stylish: ~~~ Ben gets happy: Ben’s ideal career would (and hopefully will) be built around sorting. He is a sorting virtuoso. Fast, focused, accurate and unflagging, in fact it’s already been one of his regular jobs, at a

I was trying to think of what I wanted to say about autism on this Autism Awareness weekend. But then Facebook helped me out and just showed me what I wrote three years ago. So instead of finding another way