July 2008

Help Make Both Hands and a Flashlight Better!

July 19, 2008

I’m contemplating a variety of improvements to our blog, though given that we’re parents first and everything else second, time is always scarce. So I’m seeking input from you all on what you’d like to see more of, what you think would make the site more enjoyable and easier to use, and whatever else you [...]

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Bathtub Artist

July 17, 2008

“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” — Pedro Calderon de la Barca Sorry to be light on posting the last few days. We’ve all been feeling under it this week. I’m also working on a few improvements to the blog, which I’ll hopefully get done this [...]

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Pointers and Tips on the IEP Process (Guest Post!)

July 14, 2008

[Many good things have been happening at Chez Flashlight in the last 24 hours. Mary decided to make S'mores last night, and we have a guest poster! The expert commenter known as Gigi and her daughter Stephanie are about to wow you with some brilliant, valuable advice about Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). If you have [...]

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Toner for Autism?

July 13, 2008

I stumbled across an online store that sells printer toner and ink and then donates 5% of every sale to organizations that support research and issues related to autism. It goes by the straightforward name Toner for Autism. There’s been some confusion in the autistiblogosphere (I made that up) about where their money goes, but [...]

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J-E-L-L-O!

July 10, 2008

Pepaw (Tim’s dad) came over today to play with the J-man… oh, and to help Tim clean out the gutters. By help I mean, Pepaw held the ladder. Thank goodness! For some reason, the J-man picks the days that Pepaw is here to learn a new and exciting skill. Today, it was how to spell [...]

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Houston, We Have Pretend Play!!!

July 9, 2008

In one of those make-my-day moments, during speech therapy J-Man actually fed a bear with an empty spoon after ‘dipping’ the spoon in an empty bowl. So nothing in the bowl or on the spoon, and – shocking newsflash – stuffed bears don’t eat! It’s an abstract, non-literal event! And this is a kid with [...]

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Whatever Gets You Through

July 7, 2008

Some days, the best you can aim for is to make it to bedtime and hope that nobody pees on the carpet, and even that is negotiable. I’ve been so dead tired lately that even typing this is a real effort. I’ve got all the classic signs of being way over-stressed. And I think I [...]

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Celebrating Our Freedoms By…

July 4, 2008

blowing stuff up! You can’t get much more American than exploding things in your driveway. OK, well, you obviously can, and it was just weenie fireworks from the store. But we had no idea how he would react to stuff combusting in front of our house, so we skipped the rockets red glare and went [...]

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