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What's Next: Kindergarten... Preschool...Life Skills?
Charlie's first teacher, Miss Ginette, was a Godsend with a capital G. She is patient, loving, kind and most of all she is consistent in her training of Charlie. I was, at first, determined not to like the school beca… -
You hope it won't happen, but it does: Bullying
A couple of weeks ago, Charlie came to his dad and said that while he was playing at the basketball courts near our house, two kids, a brother and sister, came up to him and told him to drop his pants. I guess Char… -
What are Charlie's Dreams?
What does an autistic child dream about? One thing that I know is that kids with autism often can't tell us what's in their heads. Charlie has learned to communicate more than we ever thought he would be capable of, and… -
Tongue Tied
One day in May of 2004, while he was still in his first year of preschool, I was driving home from the grocery store with Charlie and Rachel. Charlie was screaming in the car because we had not stopped at K-Mart an… -
Charlie begins Preschool
I took Charlie to Ginette's developmental preschool one day just to check it out. My main reasoning was that I wanted a reason NOT to send him. I wanted to see that it would not suit him. Boy was I wrong. He loved it!… -
What Is the Next Move?
It is hard to admit this, but my own misconceptions and fears about autism held Charlie back. At the time that I was looking into alternatives for transition, I had never, ever met another child with autism. The movi… -
Breaking Through to Charlie
Charlie is all alone inside himself. Well, you can only ignore autism so long. Then it grabs you and demands your attention. After our move to Potter County, PA in June of 2005, I thought that I could cure Charlie and… -
The Million Dollar Question
What causes autism is the million-dollar question and if I had an answer I would be thrilled. I don’t what causes autism. Most experts say that autism is probably a genetic predisposition along with an environmen… -
Receiving The News
When Charlie was 15 months old, I called our pediatrician and asked about Charlie’s inability to speak. I was told to wait and bring him in for his 18-month check-up and they would see how he was doing then. Ou… -
Criterion for Autism
Autism is a developmental disorder that affects more boys than girls. You have already heard my bit about how I call Charlie my egg roll, but here is my bit about how autism is like ordering Chinese food – two fr…
About reachingcharlie
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- About Me: Reaching Charlie - One Family's Fight Against Autism An online book about autism as it impacts our family.
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