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Transition to School in the Spring

Are your summer months marred by a child’s anxious questions about his next school term? Is the first day of school marked by tears and tantrums? Is the Fall term at school a failure due to stomach aches and heada…
There is no Black and White

After I took this picture, I started thinking about the term ‘black and white,’ and how it related to Autism. The truth is that there really is no ‘black and white.’ Everyone with Autism is built…
Away and Awakening

I think every set of parents have their own terms for what goes on with their children with Autism. We have lots of them, but the two most important ones are Away and Awakening. "awakening"= these are times when he…
Messy Bedrooms, Vanishing Toys and Autism

So we are still trying to work with Heidi to keep her room clean, remember this post, where I talked about setting up a picture list of how to keep a room clean? Now Heidi is doing great at putting her dirty clothin…
The simple request I'll never forget

My son had a really rough night last night, and tough day today as well with the flu. I’ll spare you the gory details, let’s just say that we didn’t get much sleep and he didn’t eat anythi…
Cost of Disability Accommodations

An elementary school in Edgewater, Florida has become ground zero for a controversy: Just how much should other kids be asked to change their routines when one child has a disability? A 6-year-old girl there has a…
Dear Autism

Dear Autism, Though we've known each other for 23 years now, it's only been 27 months since I came to know your name. I now know that you have been the cause of many highs in my life. You were there when I attained…
Good Friday

I completely understand why Good Friday and Easter make no sense to anyone outside the Christian tradition, especially as these commemorations of very serious events often coincide with egg hunts and ingesting jellybea…
Restless Night Routine

Our nighttime routine is anything but routine... it has no rhyme, no rhythm! It is undeniably the most difficult part of the day in the life of autism. When Mom and Dad are both exhausted from the day's events.... one c…
Push Push Push (Part I)

This elevator button-pushing thing is getting out of hand. This morning, with barely 10 minutes to go until his bus arrived to take him to his Saturday program, Alex bolted from the apartment while I was brushing my te…