The Unspoken Bias: Verbal Kids with Autism

I’m going to warn you — I’m going to be very candid here. I don’t need the flames if I offend, I’ve got enough already going on, so I really hope readers can understand that this is what it’s like in this part of the community and just take it for what it is, my [...]

Off to School Battles Continue

My alarm went off at 5:00 this morning. I couldn’t believe it; I feel like I’d just gone to sleep. It stinks to wake up in the morning and not feel anymore rested than when you went to bed. Six to seven hours of sleep should fly by comfortably, which it did — that’s not [...]

Regression?

No clever title for this one, just a one word question from a worried mom.
These last few weeks, BB’s been ‘off.’ No one thing seems to be the cause. No changes in diet, no new meds, supplements, treatments. No new activities. Something’s just off.
Today, I’ll wonder every time the phone rings. Will it be the [...]

Autism Gets a Haircut

A few months ago, I chronicled a visit to the dentist from a different perspective. Here we go again, since it’s the easiest way to fully describe how hellacious routine things can be.
Ds, or Barnacle Boy, has always had a difficult time with haircuts. After dh developed a steady routine with me after his first [...]

What’s Going On?

I whined yesterday about all the things going on, but once just isn’t enough. Be warned.
Awards event at school yesterday, and ds was unnecessarily upset (not his own fault, imo) by a technicality. Sometimes I really wish people would understand how important these things are to ASD kids. Little upsets that just aren’t worth the [...]

So much to say, so little time..

First, today is World Autism Awareness Day. I wish there was a way to roll the word ‘advocacy’ in there, but a website url can only be so long and be remembered. Bumper stickers only so big. Headlines only hold so many characters. Check it out at: www.worldautismawarenessday.org. It isn’t the end-all, be-all for autism, [...]