I have strange ideas for things, I know. I like to pretend that I am a writer, it is a dream of my own for being published some day. I write for two sites but have not submitted more than poetry of late. Actually not even that lately. *smacks own hand* I have thought about writing up a few articles about my ASD experience. Surprisingly there are not as many entries in that section as I had thought, so if I really pour my heart into it, there are few reasons I cannot earn a few cents (or possibly more) a month on the articles. (I can give anybody who wants more information about writing for the site in a private message) Last night I was flipping through American Baby (for some reason I have a free subscription because I am "pregnant"m no clue how that happened) and realized that they rarely talk about the things that could go wrong with our babies. I have never seen an article on ASD or even Down Syndrome. I realize they do not want to scare young parents ect, but statistics are going up. Magazines need to start thinking about single, younger, and special needs parents in parts of their articles.

Yes that ramble has a point. Reading the newbie blog of a new member I had another strange thought. And this one I am not pushing much at the moment it is more of a pipe dream. What if we compliled testimonies of the "Auti-Mom" (& Dad) into a book. Since no two ASD children are the same. It would be like a normal variety population version of Jenny's book. Since that is harder to accomplish, it made me think smaller scale. Yes it has been a morning of power thoughts. And since we slept way in, it has been a hour of thoughts. And more keep coming even as I write this.

So Idea One. What if we could create a testimony section on AB? Have it available for the active members to post their story in. One story each. Since we are really not sure what the points are for, but know how they are earned, lets put a cap on the points, you have to be active enough and when you earn x# you can post a testimony. Not all of us are active bloggers, but post comments and such like a dedicated user, so that is why I say by points rather than blog entries. Then we have a page that new users, or even us established users can look at and read our stories. It would also help us when we are commenting on eachother, knowing the other's back-story.Of course the testimony would have to be 90% about our ASD experience, but it is impossible to not let part of who we are behind the ASD mask to shine though.

Actually I think I will stop with Idea One, until I have more information to think about Idea Two. It would be less member orientated as rather something for the site itself. But I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions for my idea. It cannot be perfected or a possible reality with out complete thought and enthusiam from you all.