For Some Moms, The Nest May Never Be Empty
I rejoice for my older child who has left and is making his way so well in the world, and I grieve for the one who never will....
Liane Kupferberg Carter
Middle-Aged Facebook Junkie
I'm a middle-aged mom and I love Facebook....
Accepting Our Child’s Autism
This is what it is like to have a disabled child. It feels as if you've lost a crucial string. And then, painstakingly, you must learn to play the instrument you've been given....
Gadget Graveyard
Kitchen gadgets have sex appeal. They’re all shiny and new. You think they’ll change your life… They’re just countertop candy. Kitchen porn that teases but doesn’t deliver....
Wandering and Autism: Our Son’s Experience
When Mickey was younger, he wandered. Or bolted. Even now, when he gets upset he’ll threaten, “I’m going to run away!” ...
Marriage and Passion Travel
What will this year bring, I wonder. Ancient Sumerian texts? Thermal oceanography? Conversational Urdu? ...
Touring For Colleges With An Autistic Young Adult
Mickey understands that college is the step that comes after high school, so “college” is the word we are all using for wherever he goes next....
The Crazy Cat Lady
When do you cross over the border between pet lover and crazy cat lady?...
Confessions of a Perfume Slut
I can't be faithful to just one fragrance. I have serial love affairs; no signature scent for me. ...
Liane Kupferberg Carter
Liane Kupferberg Carter is a nationally known writer, journalist and advocate for the autism community. Her work has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Parents Magazine, Better After 50, and many literary journals, blogs and book anthologies. Her memoir, Ketchup Is My Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows Up With Autism, is a winner of the 2017 American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book award.