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Autism: Go Ahead, Get Angry
I’d like to take you back in time. It’s July 1992, and I’m in the advanced portion of my training for the Army. (It’s called AIT & it’s where they teach you how to do the job you signed up for.) My Grandaddy had been ill before I left for the Army, and I got pulled out of ranks my first day of class to be told that he had passed away. I was then given the choice to stay in training... [Read more]
Autism: Strength vs. Weakness
When you look at your child with autism, what do you see? Where is your focus? The educators that work with your child, what do they see? What is their focus? This is a great time of year to look at this, because it’s time to start focusing on goals and reaching milestones for next year’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Most of the time, the focus is on the child’s weakness. I... [Read more]
Autism:Clearing Up a Myth – #1
There are more than a few myths or misconceptions still floating around out there about autism. I’m not going to go into all of them into one post for a couple of reasons. Reason one being that it would make for one very long post. Reason two being that I’d be sure to forget a few, just because I’d be all wrapped up in the ones I was remembering at that given time. So I think what I’ll... [Read more]
On Autism and Turning 13
For months now, there has been a mini-battle raging in our home, and in particular, in my lil’ man, Justin. You see, he had been telling us for months, quite emphatically, that he does NOT want to turn 13. So you can imagine yesterday, his 13th birthday, was not a pretty picture in our home right? Well, you’re almost right. He has been saying for a while that he doesn’t want to be 13 yrs.... [Read more]
Autism Inspirational Reading
In the past 10 years of walking down this road we call autism, I’ve read, and I’ve researched, and I’ve put into practice more than my fair share and then some. When it comes to autism, most of the reading/research/etc. has been for learning purposes and figuring out what our next step was going to be or to help other families. However, there have been a few gems along the way. A few books... [Read more]
