Hello! I’m Laura Shumaker, the author of  A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism.

(Read the first three chapters HERE.)

I’m the mother of THREE terrific sons. The oldest, Matthew, is a young adult with autism. I’m an optimistic mother/autism advocate/writer, and parents like me because I tell them it gets easier and I mean it. I write an autism blog for the San Francisco Chronicle that is very popular. 

I can help you with all ages and stages of parenting a child with autism, especially the teen and young adult years.

Take a look around my website, and you will find links to my essays and tips.

 

I’ve contributed to several anthologies, including Voices of Autism, A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Special Needs, Writin’ on Empty, Gravity Pulls You In, Writin’ on Empty, Easy to Love, Hard to Raise and the NEW and very exciting The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism. My  essays have appeared in many places, including The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Contra Costa Times, Literary Mama, the East Bay Monthly, The Autism Advocate, on NPR and CNN.COM.

I speak regularly to schools, book and disability groups. Let me know if you are interested!

I live in Lafayette, California with my husband Peter and my sons,(who are now adults) when they are in town.

Visit me on Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and MyAutismTeam (Google + and Klout, too.)