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Make Friends with Autism

I recently attended a great presentation on the Make Friends with Autism initiative of the Children’s Specialized Hospital at Autism New Jersey’s annual conference in Atlantic City. The initiative, sponsor…
Playing with Friends

Jazzy says: I live in Dublin, Ireland with hubby and 1 son (who has ASD). I'm a stay-at-home mum and have lots of interests. My blog, Jazzygal, is about our journey through life with our gorgeous boy. I do attempt t…
Hello From Your Friendly Neighborhood Pariah

The other day I ran into my neighbor. A really nice guy, he always goes out of his way to strike up conversations with all of those around him. But, alas, something was wrong. When I said "hi", he just looked th…
New School, new Teachers, new Kid's

A quick post about Nate's 1st day of school. New school, new teachers, new kids, new after school program. It was an amazingly huge amount of NEW to deal with for my guy. He handled it like a ROCK STAR. No phone cal…
Just a Boy

Another day, another telephone call regarding The Boy's behavior. This time, he appears to have gone so far that he has ostracized himself completely from his classmates. The fragile friendships that he was bui…
I need a friend

No one can argue that there aren't a lot of helpful people in my life: 2 therapists, a psychiatrist, one fantastic endocrinologist who truly cares about all of me, a new case manager (her name is Star, and she doesn't…
Sharing some Lid-isms

Thusday was a tough day with Lid. She was particularly sensitive, and the walk that takes 15 minutes from Nursery to home took just over three hours due to her consistent tantrums and screaming. By the time we got ho…
A Step Backwards

This has been a tough week for Larry. After an amazing February, it seems he’s run out of steam for March. We’ve had no new words or skills show up. It’s become a fifteen minute struggle to get him to sit down…
Where Have You Gone?

I want to surround myself with people who want to be part of my life. It seems like a pretty simple and basic concept. If you don't really want to be part of my life and all that comes with it then it seems like a char…
Asperger's and Friendship.

Prompted by the season and a book I was reading I have been considering what friendship means. During my assessment I was asked if I had friends, I said yes, after all I am in a quiz team. It was only when I was aske…