The Autism Life

Sharing a glimpse into our lives, one post at a time…..

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  • October left almost as soon as it came flying in. It’s really crazy to believe we are on the 11th month of 2025 already! The kids loved trick-or-treat night this year. We programmed Greyson’s communication tablet to say “Trick-or -Treat” and “Thank You”, which made everyone in the neighborhood so…

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  • “It’s Just Another Genetic Mutation”

    “It’s Just Another Genetic Mutation”

    Back in March, we took the kids for their first dental checkup of 2022. At the time, we knew Greyson had a single cavity on…

  • Lucky #7

    The past four months have been a complete blur. Truthfully, 2022 in general has been a giant blur. I’ll probably paraphrase much of my life…

  • Holy Spirit, Activate!

    Tuesday, March 8th was Greyson’s VNS activation day. As I’ve said in previous posts, his VNS voltage level will be slowly increased over the next…

  • The Early Bird Gets The Implant…. (Or something like that)

    Back when I was working in an office, I woke up at 4:15 am every single day. That gave me my “me” time each morning…

About The author

Hi there! I’m Katelyn, the author of “La Vie de Autism”, or The Autism Life. I am a 30-something mother of two: a daughter named Roslynn and a son named Greyson. I run on very little sleep, drink way too much caffeine and listen to way too many audiobooks. I make sure our house is up and running everyday and my husband, Derek, would lose his head if I didn’t put it on his shoulders every morning. Read along to find out more about us and our chaotic lives!