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Storm Shopping
(This guest essay comes from Jill.) How do we amuse ourselves ahead of a storm? -
The Four-Day Sahara
I tried to line stuff up for Alex this past Thanksgiving break, which I've come to regard as "the four-day Sahara." "The holidays book up well in advance - parents jump right on those school holidays," said the lady who… -
Hair Cut Struggles
We used to get Alex’s hair cut at a place designed for little kids – racks of toys, balloons, seats that looked like humungous bright plastic jeeps. Terrific for kids about to enter Kindergarten, but after… -
Hour after Hour
Alex gets home about 1 p.m. from a half day of school. He dives onto the iPad. I decide we'll go for a walk or a bus ride if he wants. He never asks. He watches the iPad all afternoon. One becomes 2 o'clock, and that… -
Hurricane Irene
My first thought about what promises to be a bitch of a hurricane for New York is that it will bring Alex home from summer camp more than a day early. He was slated to bus in about 11 in the morning of Sunday. We got a… -
High Costs of Bolting
There was the couple that we think was having sex. The young woman in the middle of her first brunch for friends in her newly renovated two-bedroom. There was the couple with the great cats. The family with all the e… -
They say he needs it
I sit down at Alex’s tri-annual IEP meeting expecting it will last about 15 minutes. I almost didn’t come at all, thinking I’d just send the letter from his doctor saying Alex didn’t need a nu… -
Medicaid Service Coordinators
I attended a workshop on how to work with your Medicaid service coordinator in these days of slashed budgets and increased workloads. The workloads of MSCs – who, when everything works right, help special needs… -
My autistic 12-year-old vs My 12-year-old with autism.
I recently got a question from a Twitter Follower: “Is there a specific reason you prefer ‘my autistic 12-year-old’ versus ‘my 12-year-old with autism’?” Yes. "Thank you for the n… -
Stomp
I’ve been with Alex through a couple of movies in theaters. Where the Wild Things Are he sat through quietly, I think because the movie was quiet. How to Train Your Dragon Alex fidgeted through, even though th…
About jeffslife
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- From: jeffslife
- Name: Jeff Stimpson
- Location: New York City, New York, United States
- About Me: Writer and speaker on being the dad of a boy with autism. Author of "Alex: The Fathering of a Preemie" and "Alex the Boy: Episodes From a Family's Life With Autism." www.jeffslife.tripod.com/alextheboy
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