Tuesday, 28 September 2010

  • I don't get embarassed anymore




    Four weeks left until school starts. Then the fun really begins. I need to amend Ryder's IEP, that is the first item on the agenda. I wish our area had more choices when it comes to schooling for kids like Ryder. 2nd Item on the agenda is meeting with the special ed teachers in each school, and making sure we are all on the same page. 3rd item, making sure the lunch ladies are in compliance with Ryder's gluten and casein free menu...then I need to decide if Ryder will be riding the bus, or will I be transporting him everywhere. So many decisions. I just want to make wise decisions.

    Ryder is definitely understanding us more and doing more sign language more often. He is doing better at self feeding too. It's been wonderful.

    Today during Sacrament meeting in church, when all is quiet, Ryder farts long and hard on a metal chair. We sit in the very back of the church, but it was so quiet today you could hear a pin drop. And then he laughs and he laughs hard.

    I just don't get embarrassed anymore. That's what Autism has taught me. It is what it is. I guess that's why people don't sit by us very often!

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    • About Me: I am a former nurse-turned mom. I morphed into a bunch of other things as moms do when Autism enters your life. I have four children with the following diagnosis: M: Girl age 15, anxiety. H: Boy age 11, PDD-NOS, ADHD, Anxiety, and Seizure Disorder M: Boy age 10, mild PDD-NOS, Verbal Learning Disorder, ADHD- inattentive type R: Boy age 7, Autism, non-verbal, Seizure Disorder and chronic GI pain. Husband: Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in his 35th year of life, around the same time the rest of the kids were diagnosed. Sounds like a mess doesn't? Sit a spell, if you'd like. We're not contagious.
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