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I'm not a Helicopter Mom...I'm a Sherpa
Sir Edmund Hillary, Colonel John Hunt, and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay at Mount Everest. Everyone loves to hate Helicopter Parents: the ones who grab all the Easter egg… -
Anything can happen...
Ryan at his first Broadway show. I could start by saying that Mary Poppins isn't the best Broadway musical for kids; it's a long and very uneven show, with lots of slow, talky parts between the fun production nu… -
Updating of the DSM
Among other proposed changes to the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, due in 2013, Asperger's, PDD-NOS, and all the other diagnoses on the spectrum would be classified as Autism… -
Aidan is Awesome!
A friend of a friend sent a copy of Ben Has Autism, Ben Is Awesome to her autistic 5-year-old son's class to help his neurotypical classmates understand autism. The kids loved the book so much they were inspired to wr… -
A Not Lost Hat, and Tears
The latest holy-crap-I-lost-something story does not even have the decency to feature an actual lost object. On Monday Ryan and I went to his favorite children's museum - the one with the awesome water room that suppl… -
Ryan vs. Tags
Yesterday, Ryan decided that Clothing Shall Not Have Tags. This was not based on a sensory aversion, as you might have expected; this was an aesthetic choice. The issue is that Clothing Shall Not Have Writing Inside. -
The Curse of the Black Spot
The other night Ryan was finishing his grilled cheese sandwich when he suddenly started complaining, "Get the black spot out of my mouth!" My first instinct was that there was a tiny burnt fleck on the bread that had… -
Prenatal Antidepressants and Autism
When I'm working around the house, I'll often have crappy daytime tv on for background noise. The ads assume anyone home during the day is unemployed and/or disabled: train to be an ultrasound technician, get cash for… -
It's Time To Get Excited!
I spent most of today on the couch, hiding under a pillow. Ryan's been running a high fever all weekend, and my body is fighting whatever he has; I feel like I got sideswiped by a truck. From under my pillow, I heard… -
Why does it have to be so hard?
10/21/11 - Ryan did very well across the street in math today. Although I had to refocus and redirect him a few times but he did well with today's lesson. - Mrs. B. I thought Ryan was doing well with his new math c…
About notanaffliction
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- From: notanaffliction
- Name: Meredith
- About Me: I'm a professional theater manager turned full-time mom, and I do some custom quilting. My five-year-old son, Ryan, aka Captain Awesome, has PDD. Follow our adventures at http://notanaffliction.blogspot.com.
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