As you might know, my family has been touched by autism. Our son, Gerik, is 28 years old, lives at home, and is a super smart, very persistent adult with profound autism. He does not use words to communicate but understands them. We at Jerrol’s use this month to communicate a little about autism, and the world of disabilities. You can read “Welcome to Holland” and “Welcome to Holland (Part 2)” at holland.jerrols.com - It provides the perspective of a parent with a child who has a disability. It is my perspective. It is not my son’s. He is not...

This post is about Autism Acceptance Month. It might not seem like it at first but hang in there... Jerrol’s uses Google Calendar and I’m a fan of it. Really I just like calendars and time-management tools in general because I commit my time to a lot of various things, and a good calendar makes the internal chaos of constantly switching tasks less overwhelming. I have three wall calendars at home (each for different things) and I check my phone calendars every morning. In January earlier this year I was beginning to plug things into my 2025 Google Calendar and...