Atypical Familia is a personal family blog that focuses on autism, special needs travel, work/life balance, family entertainment and more.
When Norrin, was diagnosed with autism in May 2008, I found myself in a world I did not understand. In 2010 I started a blog as part of a graduate school assignment. The blog, AutismWonderland, chronicled our journey with autism, navigating the special education system in New York City and sharing local resources for children/families with special needs.
AutismWonderland became an award-winning blog and recognized for raising autism awareness within the Latino community.
Over the last decade, my writing has been featured on line and in print, including Huffington Post Parents, Parents, Babble, Yahoo Shine and LATINA magazine.
In 2014, I launched Atypical Familia: a continuation of AutismWonderland. Atypical Familia is a personal family blog for autism parents with a focus: on autism, special needs travel, work/life balance, family entertainment, co-parenting and more.
I’m an adjunct lecturer at CUNY and currently working on a memoir documenting my experience as an autism mom and navigating the special education system in The Bronx.
And in my spare time time, I’m also working on a historical fiction novel A Thousand Branches. A chapter excerpt – “The Last Time of Anything” – from A Thousand Branches received Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train’s Family Matters October 2010 competition. “The Last Time of Anything” has also been published in the Awards Issue/Fall 2012 in the Promethean (The Official Literary Journal of the City College of New York).
If you’d like to work with me, please email autismwonderland(at)gmail.com.
Atypical Familia is a personal blog and does not reflect the opinions of any employer.
