There is a big difference between what people see and what is actually happening. If you take what you see or get told out of context it leaves a very different impression to the truthful one...here's why:
Month: June 2013
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Snowicane, Autism, and the Dishwasher's Electric
The following blog was written the old fashioned way, by longhand, during the snowicane of 2010. As I sat in front of the fire and my head was spinning with what I would write about this adventure it dawned on me to use a writing implement and paper much like mankind had done for thousands of years before the advent of the computer. It was truly a revelation, one of several that would occur over these few days. So here is my musing about the events of the last four days, written as they occurred, in real time.
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Tony Does Know
Echolalia can be an adorable thing, really. I may never fully know what is going on in Jack's school days, but I know what they sing. Sometimes it's something easily identifiable like "The Wheels on the Bus" or "Five Little Monkeys", while other tunes elude me, like the most recent ditty he chants that includes a string of jargon followed by the words "Sunday roast" (I keep meaning to ask his teacher about that one).
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About Xanga.com and the start of Autisable.com
I wanted to take a moment and share with you a little story - one that I hope provides encouragement in your journey with Autism.
This is a story of how xanga.com, inc. and the people in their online blogging community, joined together to make what Autisable is today....
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Hard Parenting Lessons
My oldest daughter is 17, and was diagnosed with Bipolar last year. I do my best to be supportive of her, and to be helpful as she learns to navigate life with this new information. I am learning the hard way that intent does not always equal success. Continue reading
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Jumping In with Two Feet While Doing a Cannonball
In a recent exchange on my facebook page an FB friend mentioned to me that I had two toes in aspiecamp. Another of my other FB friends said of course I did referring to the two boys. Actually, I think that the original intent of the comment was that I had aspergers like my boys. I have to tell everyone no, I do not.
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Autism Lights: Bob and Suzanne Wright
Bob and Suzanne Wright have been longtime residents of Fairfield, Connecticut. Bob Wright is a businessman who is a former CEO of NBC Universal (1986-2007) as well as a former Vice-President of General Electric. In 2004 their grandson Christian was diagnosed with autism. After seeing the need for a national advocacy organization for autism, they founded Autism Speaks in February, 2005. Bob and Suzanne Wright are Autism Lights for founding an organization called Autism Speaks that has touched thousands of lives by raising awareness of autism from the halls of Congress to the plains of the heartland.
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Double Duty
My boys are pretty sensitive when it comes to sensory related things. We typically have to be careful to avoid overstimulation when at all possible..
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Parenting a child with autism is hard, being chastised for saying so is harder
I’ve been an autism blogger for a while now and as such, I’ve also been an autism blog reader. I love to read the experiences and lessons from other parents, other autistics (I was diagnosed with Aspergers myself) and even from others such as care givers and “experts”. It’s all information for the learning. -
A Face of Young Adults with Autism
Meet Christopher Chapman, the new face of young adults on the autism spectrum. He’s talented, involved and living life to its fullest potential as a student at Exceptional Minds, the first vocational academy of its kind for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
This post is by Dee McVicker, of Exceptional Minds
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