Update on the dentist appointment

Phew. Done. Started at 8am, and by 8:40, dh was on the phone, updating me as he headed home. And this is big, as dh hates to talk on the phone as he’s driving. (Why aren’t there more people like that? My drive-time home could be cut in half if I didn’t have to sit [...]

Christmas on the Spectrum

As I type this, my little guy is laying next to me, sound asleep. Almost snoring. All things considered, he’s done really, really well this week…despite the dietary infractions (blue and red dye, yeast-y foods, way too much sugar, forgotten supplements) and serious change in schedule and social events. But the stims? Out of control, [...]

Karate, Christmas Shopping and Autism

Most autistic children end up with some kind of occupational therapy as they’re growing up, be it in school or via a private provider. One big thing about O.T. is that the parents are also taught what works and doesn’t work in order to keep their child calm(er) and to maintain a sensory diet. Each kid’s [...]

Autism and the Dentist

My seven-year-old son is a really bad teeth grinder. He’s always ground his teeth. It’s a noisy sound, a nails-on-the-chalkboard sound that makes me attempt to stick my fingers inside his wired-tight jaws and pop them apart, but it never works and sometimes I get bitten as his teeth snap back together like a gator’s [...]

My son was kidnapped? Why haven’t I noticed?

Anyone active in autism awareness has heard about his offensive and inaccurate ‘public service’ campaign, being run by the NYU’s Child Study Center. And this group supposedly has the best interest of children at its heart? And they are ‘professionals’ in child study and care? “Giving back children their childhood” is a slogan on their [...]

Big flashing VACANCY Sign

You know what I’m talking about. That vacant look a child with autism gets when they have reach the point of extreme overstimulation.
 Our weekend started with an open house here with at least 30 kids playing upstairs in the playroom at various times. HIS playroom. He had been prepped all week that this would happen, [...]

No mercury in mascara, but yes in flu shots?

The contradiction here just seems so bad, I don’t understand why anyone can get away with still putting thimerasol (ethyl-mercury) in flu shots if articles such as this one carry quotes like this: “Mercury does cause neurological damage to people even in tiny quantities,” said Sen. John Marty, the Democrat from Roseville who sponsored the [...]

Mandatory Flu Shots?

This is just scary. I’ve been watching and reading as this whole process has transpired, and I guess I should be glad not to see the word “jail” in this whole article, but there’s something seriously wrong with the government being legally allowed to enforce administration of a known toxin into my child…particularly on top [...]

Social Skills: What’s really “normal?”

I love to watch my son play. I love to listen to him talk. He’s happy, he’s innocent, and he’s so trusting, it breaks my heart at times. I think about what I want him to do versus what he wants to do, and wonder why I worry. Much of the time, he’s oblivious to [...]

Autism, Cotton Candy, and Our Kudos to Disneyland

A bit of a different blog entry today — I wanted to take a minute to high-five Disneyland, especially since Knott’s Berry Farm and Magic Mountain have decided that autistic people don’t rate enough for special accommodations that actually, well, accommodate their needs. 
Ds has wanted to spend his birthday at Disneyland all year. We did it [...]