In the Trenches

Neurodivergent child learning to use scissors.

The Thanksgiving I Realized My Son Saw the Worl...

Kary Kalinowski

At two years old, he asked me a question no toddler should ever think to ask — and in that instant, I understood just how sensitive and intuitive he truly...

The Thanksgiving I Realized My Son Saw the Worl...

Kary Kalinowski

At two years old, he asked me a question no toddler should ever think to ask — and in that instant, I understood just how sensitive and intuitive he truly...

The Trenches: Where This All Began

The Trenches: Where This All Began

Kary Kalinowski

A backyard trench, a 90-degree day, and a medically complex kid who loves WWI — that’s how K&K Studios was born. A story of exhaustion, grit, and finding a better...

The Trenches: Where This All Began

Kary Kalinowski

A backyard trench, a 90-degree day, and a medically complex kid who loves WWI — that’s how K&K Studios was born. A story of exhaustion, grit, and finding a better...

The Day I Walked Out of the Office Feeling Like I Failed Him

The Day I Walked Out of the Office Feeling Like...

Kary Kalinowski

There was an appointment where I walked out feeling like I failed him. Not because anything dramatic happened, but because a doctor brushed aside the very symptoms that were scaring...

The Day I Walked Out of the Office Feeling Like...

Kary Kalinowski

There was an appointment where I walked out feeling like I failed him. Not because anything dramatic happened, but because a doctor brushed aside the very symptoms that were scaring...

Inside the Trenches: The Weight We Carry Quietly

Inside the Trenches: The Weight We Carry Quietly

Kary Kalinowski

Medical motherhood is a world people rarely see — the pain, the fear, the decisions, the nights we watch them sleep because today scared us more than we admitted. This...

Inside the Trenches: The Weight We Carry Quietly

Kary Kalinowski

Medical motherhood is a world people rarely see — the pain, the fear, the decisions, the nights we watch them sleep because today scared us more than we admitted. This...

Breathless — And Not Because of "Behavior"

Breathless — And Not Because of "Behavior"

Kary Kalinowski

He was breathless from the time he could talk — huffing, puffing, gasping after the smallest things. I brought videos, concerns, evidence… and was told it was “anxiety,” “behavior,” or...

Breathless — And Not Because of "Behavior"

Kary Kalinowski

He was breathless from the time he could talk — huffing, puffing, gasping after the smallest things. I brought videos, concerns, evidence… and was told it was “anxiety,” “behavior,” or...

When "Autism" Becomes the Lazy Answer to Everything

When "Autism" Becomes the Lazy Answer to Everyt...

Kary Kalinowski

When my son’s chart gained an autism diagnosis, clinicians stopped looking deeper. Every symptom became “behavior” or “sensory” — even real pain. This is the story of how medical bias...

When "Autism" Becomes the Lazy Answer to Everyt...

Kary Kalinowski

When my son’s chart gained an autism diagnosis, clinicians stopped looking deeper. Every symptom became “behavior” or “sensory” — even real pain. This is the story of how medical bias...