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Autism from an 8-year-old's perspective

My baby brother, Michael, has Autism and is three years old. He is just now learning to say some words. Autism is something when it is hard for a baby to learn to talk. Sometimes it is hard to understand him. He ca…
The Trouble With Bonfire Night

It’s almost here, the one night of the year that has my son crawling around on the floor like a solider in combat. The 5th of November is bonfire night and as much as Little man likes watching the fireworks at a…
Video: Ocupational Therapy - Waking up the arms and legs

Emmett just started with his new Occupational Therapist the other day. His schedule changed because of school and his original OT will be on maturity leave so we have moved to a new therapist.
Socialization is Becoming Lost

I took Ava to a birthday party today. Her two friends, a set of twin boys, turned 2. They are the cutest little guys -- I just want to squeeze them every time I see them. Both are so smart, and so loving. And they d…
New symptom: Tremors

Gavin’s had OT yesterday. While he was there, the therapist noticed a new symptom that had escaped our detection.
Big Little Concepts

When Pudding was first diagnosed and we met Pudding’s first speech therapist, she asked how many concepts Pudding understood, such as big/little, high/low, up/down. All of them, I assured her. After all, this…
Not Doing Well

This is one of those "there's so much going on I don't know how to start, where to go, or when to stop" posts. And did I mention that I have a self-imposed 13 minutes time limit to write? Because then I need to do som…
The Panic Attacks

#Me1Panicattacks0 The hashtag is a... what do you call it?... that I'm (actively) on Twitter. @autisticspeaks. I can't promise I'll be interesting, though... So, lest you think that because I have stopped complaining…
The Awesomeness of Autism

World Autism Awareness Day has come and gone with nary a post from me on the subject. I feel guilty, I should have said something, this whole blog seems to now be about Autism, although not so much raising awareness o…
This is My Autism

This is so big; I don't know that I have the words inside me to get it out. To warm myself up, to get the words started, I'm going to tell you that I came home to an apartment floor just covered in kitty throw up. Elsi…