So now that we’re moved and trying to be settled, life is becoming more normal. And by normal, I mean that we have the usual amount of chaos without adding in the challenges of job hunting or moving cross-country. Instead, like families all over the US, our attention is turning to school.
First, there’s Scott who [...]
We’ve had several cross-country moves and it never serves to amaze me how many errands are involved in leaving a general location. Some things can be done over the phone, but returning cable boxes, shutting off certain utilities, and picking up school records must be done in person. I find it all fairly tedious and [...]
Roegen dashes across the house removing his clothing as he goes. Knowing that he has a dirty diaper I race after him.
My path is blocked by Breydon.
Me: Breydon, move. I need to catch your brother.
Breydon: What’s the password?
Me: You’re right. Please move. I need to catch Roegen.
Breydon doesn’t move.
Breydon: The password is polkadot.
Me: Polkadot?
Breydon: Yeah, [...]
One of the “side effects” of autism that Breydon has is Picky Eater Syndrome. In fact, there was a point in his life where the only things that he would eat were Nutragrain bars (fortunately generics were okay), canned mandarin oranges, and crisby chicken nuggets. If we gave him something that was not on his [...]
Recently I blogged about a situation taking place in Florida, where a kindergarten teacher had her class “vote” a child who is being tested for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) out of the class.
To date, the teacher – Ms. Wendy Portillo – appears to still believe that she did nothing wrong, although she has been reassigned [...]
Jude and Roegen visited the doctor today. Jude has had this cold sore outbreak that just isn’t going away like it should, and Roegen was overdue for his two year well-child checkup.
First, my kids are tiny. They weighed in at 25.4 pounds (Roegen, 26 1/2 months) and 35.2 pounds (Jude, 3 months shy of 5 [...]
Take two parents who love to talk. Add in 3 cats and 2 dogs. Read lots of books together building vocabulary. Before you know it a river of words will start streaming from your children’s mouths. Okay, I’m being flippant here. I realize that it’s not that easy . For those of you who have [...]
I awoke to the sounds of a little boy jumping through the house. Little boys make more noise than a herd of cats. “It my birthday today.” “It my birthday.” I can’t believe that it’s that time already. It feels like he just turned 6. Or 3. Or that yesterday [...]
In my opinion the biggest challenge in dealing with a child with high-functioning autism is socialization. I worry a lot about how Breydon interacts with his peers and whether or not they will accept him, his fixations, and his quirky mannerisms. So far things have gone well – according to his teacher his [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about autism since the day the bottom dropped out of my world a few weeks ago. I even had a blog entry sort of outlined in my mind when the plague hit, and since then things have been so crazy that I haven’t had time to do much of [...]
