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Almost done with school!

Phew..... 17 more days. Almost. Done. This school year has just dragged on, and on, and on, and on, and on..... But, I think we're finally turning the corner. We finally have a signed and current IEP. This…
It's IEP Season

I have come to understand there are 2 different cultures of moms in the month of May... the moms counting down til summer break just so they can count down til school starts AND the moms who are in the midst of IEP-sea…
Annual IEP

Ryan's annual IEP* review is coming up this week. I'm mentally preparing to sit with all of Ryan's teachers and therapists and the relevant folks from the Board of Education to talk about Ryan's progress and what he ne…
A New Journey

I’m feeling blessed to have a place to talk about the journey my family is on with my son. He has an Autism Spectrum Disorder (PDD-NOS). He was diagnosed less than 2 weeks ago. He is 4 and his name is JJ. He…
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…
IEP and Progression

Monday is HSB’s IEP meeting. Before vacation his case manager called and asked me to think about some goals that I would want for him for next year. I talked to hubby about it and we basically came up with self…
Autism Awareness Month - The Downside

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men (women too)...Abraham Lincoln. Dramatic, you bet, but not wrong and very applicable:
Social IQ: Your Special Needs Child and the Future

Well collegeman’s grades came in last week. He like usual did exceptionally well. No not Dean’s List. The panic attack did affect his grade and his behavior in art also affected his grade. Together the t…
It's the TYPICAL Stuff That Gets You

One of the more interesting aspects of raising kids with “issues” is that you tend to blame everything that they do or say on their disability. Now that is not to say that you allow them to get away with a…
Miracles do happen

It is that time of year. A friend's son just passed the GRE. When he was little they didn't know if he'd talk. Reid's music teacher's recital was Sunday and he is now at the end of the program--having progressed fr…