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Damaged and Autism in the Same Sentence?

If I hear the word damaged with the words autism and special needs kids used in the same sentence again I am going to scream. People aren’t damaged. Things can be damaged, such as fabrics, merchandise of any so…
Autism and Divorce

At the end of the month I have to take my oldest to the neurologist. I will have to tell the doctor about the divorce. I already know what the doctor will be thinking, I am just another statistic. The divorce rate when…
Reminding myself to be Thankful

Today, I'm having a harder time than usual with my Thursday habit. To be blunt, this week sucked. We still don't have any of the services we need in place, and its been a month since Big Brother released from the hosp…
Touch wood - a Positive Experience with a New Home

I still can’t quite process the fact that C’s new home is working really well!! Learning from all the negative things the last home did, I talked at length with this new home - they have listened and put everything in…
Speaking a Legendary First Sentence

A Story by Cherry Davis At the age of 2 1/2 years old, our daughter was evaluated and we were told she had “autistic tendencies“. This was 20 years ago when they did not necessarily want to label a child. She did not r…
Could Alzheimer’s hold a piece of the puzzle in curing Autism?

From: Dr. Chun Wong Day in and day out, researchers are looking for treatments for the often life-changing condition that affects over 1% of children between 3 and 17. Though a cure for Autism may or may not be around t…
Do I have aspergers?

For a while now I've known that I was not exactly your typical person. About 2 years ago, two of my friends joked about me having Aspergers. I had stumbled upon the Wikipedia entry previously and thought it was intere…
Normal to the Naked Eye

After having a few days to mull over Big Brother's IEP meeting, I realize there are some things that stuck with me. Yes, it was a good meeting overall, but over I've come to realize I hit the same mindset that I encou…
Making a Good Mess

At last I have a moving date for C - in 6 weeks. Which is a huge relief. And this time I feel more prepared as I have some idea how C will react. But I also have different concerns this time as C has regressed in so…
Riding it out: Bedtime stemming and sleepless nights

The clock flashed 1:11 am.... My ears had been listening to the nonstop vocal stemming for 4 hours now. My eyes could barely stay open. I had tried every trick I had up my sleeve; brushing, reiki, floor-time... This was…