Achievements

Today I Was Strong Enough

October 9, 2010

Today I ran in our local 5K Autism Run, which for me was a celebration of the J-Man and Dale Jr., being a dad, and the journey it’s taken me on, but also of a newer me who is getting fitter and feeling stronger a little bit at a time. About 2 1/2 months ago [...]

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Turn it on!

September 25, 2010

In the past few days, the J-man has learned to turn on (and off) lights and a fan. I’m fine with the lights flashing, but the fan is a little scary, so we leave it unplugged when he’s going to be in the room. It really seems to be an “all of a sudden” insight [...]

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Visual Math?

August 30, 2010

This one boggled my mind. I’ve always said that one of the most important skills a parent of an autistic child can have is that of pattern recognition. There is usually a reason why your child does something, and I’m becoming more and more convinced that if you study the pattern of what’s going on [...]

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One Inch Closer

August 26, 2010

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. – Lao Tzu We recently had our annual IEP meeting, which we are thankful beyond words is actually a fun experience for us. We feel like we completely lucked out in getting great teachers, therapists, parents, students, and administrators! While the J-Man had several very [...]

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Shut Up

August 23, 2010

Last week we had a parents’ night at school, and discussed communication. The topic was so popular that they were a little overwhelmed in the childcare area, so I ended up leaving about halfway through and helping out. (I carried around the 2 youngest kids and sang to them. My arms still hurt 3 days [...]

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A Tale of Two Speeches

August 9, 2010

One of the inevitable things you do when you have another child after one who’s diagnosed as autistic is frequently compare the development of the two. You try not to – or at least not overdo it – because you want each of them to be their own person. I think we do a decent [...]

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Climbing Out

July 30, 2010

(Hello people! We are sort-of alive!) The night before we went on vacation, the J-man hit a milestone: he learned to climb out of his crib. He learned it so well that he did it until 3 AM, when he finally collapsed into sleep… and then so did we, because he hasn’t yet learned to [...]

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel May Not Be an Oncoming Train

May 26, 2010

According to his teachers, the J-man is going through the Terrible Twos/Threes developmental stage. Since he is pretty close to five, it’s a little hard to deal with. He pushes our buttons in many ways, every day. From just being incredibly loud when Dale Jr is trying to sleep to outright physical defiance, he has [...]

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