Month: July 2013
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ROAD TRIP
Remember my status update yesterday where I told you we were going on a surprise trip to get the Little D? Well, here's the story, my brother works for the city he lives in which means when bad weather comes in, he's in charge of keeping the roads safe so he couldn't leave, not for a 6 hour round trip to get his boy. So, we went
and it was great! ...kinda. There was a time or two I was tempted to set the Goofy one out to hitch hike his way home, but we'll get there. -
Autism Light: Lloyd Nolan
Lloyd Nolan was a 20th Century film actor and also a father of a boy named Jay who had autism. Lloyd Nolan was born on August 11, 1902 in San Francisco, California and passed away on September 27, 1985 in Los Angeles. Lloyd Nolan is being named an Autism Light posthumously because of what he did for autism awareness efforts in the 1970's as a celebrity and Autism Father. -
Carly's Cafe
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20 Year Reunion
"Are you going to Reunion?"
In another sign that I'm not a kid anymore, I got a notice that my 20th high school reunion is coming up this fall. My (very few) high school era friends have gone through a flurry of "I'll go if you go" sort of hedging. We'd like to see each other, but none of us is all that anxious to see the other members of our graduating class.
Because there are two types of people: those who enjoyed high school, and those who were crippled by it. If you're one of the latter, you know what I mean. If you're one of the former, let me explain:
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I've Got My Work Cut Out For Me
Well, I'll know what I'll be doing today...
Note: Allergies and stomach flu do not mix well.
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Hurricane Sandy AutismCares Testimonial
When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, hundreds of families who have a child with autism were affected.
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IEP
The numbers are hard to hear sometimes. Seeing where the real deficits are and knowing how hard my boy is working is a tough pill to swallow. Most of you know we struggle with homework here and so we had to talk about it at the meeting. We tossed around ideas and thoughts on how to motivate Sam and we came to the conclusion that there was no answer. We have tried consequences, rewards, loss of recess, and nothing worked. Even missing recess didn't phase him. He wouldn't be angry or upset. He just didn't care.
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Meet Me Halfway
April is becoming widely known as Autism Awareness Month. I will be writing a fair bit about this at Amazing Adventures over the next few weeks, so if you are interested in that go over and have a look. I am focussing specifically on Acceptance of Autism. I am going to devote one post to Autism Acceptance here too.
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