Come Into My World
From the outside, Rita Miceli’s book Giaci and Me looks like an overnight success; but when you peer behind the scenes, you’ll see that this local mother and educator has spent decades with this story in draft. …
Giaci Miceli reacts to his family on Family Feud Canada
The Miceli family played Family Feud Canada and gave a shoutout to their son, Giaci, who is watching at home.
How a Windsor family is using TikTok to normalize autism
Giaci Miceli has had to change a lot of his routines during the COVID-19 pandemic, but one thing his family was not expecting was for him to become an online sensation.
The 24-year-old Windsor man has autism and his twin sisters Carolina and Maria, who are very involved in his life and care, started creating videos with him early this spring.
They never could have predicted that more than eight-million people would like those videos, with nearly 500,000 people following them eager for more.
Raising a child with autism
Three Families – One Broad Spectrum: Autism Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion. When their son Jack was 18 months old and still not speaking, Pam and Ryan began worrying he might be autistic. Sixteen-year-old Christopher is in a transitional period in his life. His mother, Ann, worries about where he fits into the mix of autism programming. It never entered Rita’s mind that she would have to mourn the child she thought she had, especially since Giaci was still physically there. She has grieved every milestone missed, such as prom or not getting his license.