Author Archives: Tara Sayuri Whitty

Dear Friends of Danny, Well, Danny had a great day today, full of smiles and giggles, and said “I am so happy to be feeling better.” See attached for a photo of him happily reading a cooking magazine this morning. He asked me to share that update, and to share that our course – GoalContinue reading “Update + Course”

Dear Friends of Danny, Danny has declared: “I am cranky today.” He didn’t get sleep last night. Today he’s struggling because “I want to do so much, but I am so tired.” So there’s a bit of dysregulation bubbling up, on top of whatever it was that prevented him from sleeping last night. What’s helpingContinue reading “French & Physics to calm the mind”

Dear Friends, I am happy to share this from the gate for our flight to Motormorphosis! I am so interested in your responses to this episode. It is about how nonspeaking autistic voices get lost among the narratives of speaking autistics and the stereotypical “autism moms.” Now I want to emphasize that I know manyContinue reading “A Brave Episode”

Dear Friends, I am in Portland! It is a special place to me, as it is where I first spelled with Elizabeth Vosseller and showed my family that I am in here. I am so proud to return now as a panelist for an event on spelling. What a full circle moment! It is amazingContinue reading “Hi again and I am in Oregon”

Hi Friends of Danny! Tara here, with the latest All Our Brave Hearts podcast episode. Danny’s doing well, having a nice time with our mom and sister. We recorded this a few weeks ago, before I left for this trip, and we were both pretty exhausted and stressed, but he really wanted to get thisContinue reading “Some Light from All Our Brave Hearts”

Hi there, Friends of Danny! We’re once again apart, just for a few weeks this time, but he’s asked me (Tara) to post our pre-recorded All Our Brave Hearts podcast episodes during this time. We discuss the art of apologizing, and how we approach apologies as the giver and receiver. Check out the audio andContinue reading “Brave Hearts on Apologies”

Friends of Danny! Are you ready for Small Business Saturday 2023? Because Danny’s store is!!! New merch up, with everything 15% of for today (11/25) only with code SBS2023 “Nonspeaking, Very Verbal” stickers in 3 sizes, plus some very special poetry + art collaboration cards, are now up, as well as some re-orders of hisContinue reading “Small Business Saturday + Sale on Merch!”

Hi Friends of Danny! Tara here. After a couple of days of calm, Danny is once again having a bit of a tough time, this time with more active dysregulation and, again, very little sleep. It’s so hard to see him have to struggle for days and days. Our mom is, as ever, tirelessly (well,Continue reading “Update + Motormorphosis!”