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From Un-Mitigated to Slightly-Mitigated Disaster
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I should have known better. When the note came home that Gus had pushed another student, I should have known that he was having an ‘off’ day. He has never in his life done that (not until the 25 mg of Strattera, but that’s for another day). He was kind of grumpy […]
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Thursday Thankfulness
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It’s Thursday again, so that means it’s time to find three reasons to be thankful about the unique gifts of autism, Asperger’s or anything else that should come to mind! Here are my three for this week:
1. I am thankful for my son’s special education staff. It’s been a pretty good year and he’s grown so […]
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Proprioception and Sensory Integration
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Proprioception is the body’s way of understanding what it’s doing and where it is. It’s how the body knows the arm is indeed raised upward when trying to get the teacher’s attention. Aside from body positioning, it provides feedback about inner workings of the muscles (are they flexed or relaxed, stretching or contracting) and tendons. […]
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Working Toward Inclusion
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kids playing in sprinklers - in swimsuits, not clothes
From the Oxford Compact Dictionary:
Include: verb 1 comprise or contain as part of a whole. 2 make or treat as part of a whole or set.
I give Gus’s school credit for making good attempts at being inclusive. There are two self-contained classes in the school, and they […]
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“Autistic and Proud” on Good Morning America
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image of Ari Ne’eman from GMA interview
This morning, Good Morning America aired an interviewwith Ari Ne’eman (who, by the way, is an adult with Asperger’s) of the Autism Self Advocacy Network and Kristina Chew of Autismvox. They spoke about how instead of being so preoccupied with finding a cure for autism, society needs to take […]
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Swimming When Motor Skills Are Challenging
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The temperature right now is around 96 with a heat index of 102 degrees. And we haven’t hit the high yet. It is officially beach season for us - lake beach, that is. And as great as that is, it also gets…interesting with Gus.
Gus loves the water, but swimming is challenging for him. I remember […]
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Thursday Thankfulness
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I’m borrowing this idea from a good friend of mine. It’s very easy to get caught up in the trials, difficulties and day-to-day drama of raising any kid. Throw autism into the mix and things can get downright nutty some days. There are plenty of times I write about wanting to rip my hair out, […]
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Social Progress
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My son typically does not play with other children. He may play if there are one or two, one being his sister. More than that, and he tends to head in the other direction. But yesterday at a birthday party, he was squished into a small sandbox with his sister, three other kids and a […]
