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Sweetest Mother's Day gifts ever! :)
I HAVE THE TWO BEST BOYS AROUND!! :) Mom loves you both VERY VERY much!! This was probably the first year that I can remember the gifts and crafts that came home for a holiday, actually being made by Ashton. I LOVE THI… -
TASA Autism Awareness 5K
What a great day! COLD and WINDY! But so much fun and the guys all did so GREAT! David ran with a time of 43:06 - great job Honey! :* Holden ran with a time of 30:37 - great job Little Man! :) Ashton and his runne… -
1 in 88 children has Autism
Coming on the forefront of Autism Awareness Month, the rate of Autism has increased from 1 in 110 to 1 in 88 children being diagnosed with Autism, with 1 in 54 boys being diagnosed as calculated by the CDC. In 1999,… -
So proud :-)
Wow. Ashton was able to attend to an 8minute task today. WOW. I can't begin to tell you how BIG of a deal this is! He apparently got upset earlier in the day when he was non-compliant with a task but wanted… -
Using Technology To Glimpse Inside His Mind
So...... hubby installed some proxy thingamajiggy on Ashton's tablet, since he's been watching some rather ummm... risqué videos on YouTube. We want to see what he's watching and possibly block any inappropriat… -
Heart to heart with Ashton's teacher
So.... Ashton's teacher called me over the weekend. I'd heard from one of his classroom assistants that the teacher had been in and out of the classroom all week due to a family emergency, turns out her uncle had been i… -
Help Amelia
Read about Amelia Rivera's story, Kidney Transplant denied. I cannot believe, that in this day and age, that a child is being denied a life-saving kidney transplant due to her cognitive disability ("mental retard… -
ABCs of the Special Needs Community
- A - ABA: Applied Behavioral Analysis ABC: Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence (a method of tracking targeted behaviors) ABI: Adaptive Behavior Inventory ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder ADHD: Attention Deficit Hy… -
Looking Back Over Our Past Year
The future rolls in and the past is washed away. (II Corinthians 5:17). So.... as you could tell from the last post, our 2011 was quite a busy, fun and crazy year! So, looking back... this is what all went on,… -
New School, New Behavior Chart
This is just a screenshot of the document that I made up.

