Autism As A Whole

Monday, January 31, 2011

Seeing The Whole Picture

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Somethings come with time and they seem as if they will never happen. Our children seem to accomplish things on an entirely different timeline then most. I do believe though that it will happen when they are ready. This goes for everything and then when they do happen they are not overlooked. AT ALL!!! We see these "small"...

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Emergency Meltdown Kit

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My son is having serious meltdowns. It is so hard to just sit there through them seeing him so upset. This all gets harder when he is flailing his arms and screaming in my face. I start losing my patience and feeling overwhelmed. Anyone else feel like this? I think I have the solution. It may differ for different children...

Meltdown Disruptions

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Image by ibtrav via Flickr Well, it has been a really rough week.. wait I meant month but I think today was the worst day all month. Chipmunk isn't feeling well, her belly hurt all day. I made her a warm bath and told her to relax for a little while and see if she felt any better. I was talking to her for a little...

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Oh Boy He Regressed

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As I was watching the snow fall outside last night, I considered the prospective that the children may have yet another snow day today. This is concerning for many reasons. They have already used 5 snow days and we only have 6. His mood reflects the routine change which makes him very difficult to handle, but most...

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Please Duplicate Me

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Do you ever wonder if you are failing as a mom? Is it your fault your child is coming home with poor grades when you know she/he knows the work? I am having those thoughts and they are eating me alive. When I started this blog it was meant to provide some insight into the life of my whole family. How it is for all of my...

Monday, January 24, 2011

Stylus Blogger Award

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I was awarded the Stylus Blogger Award by Bella at If This Is Motherhood and Lora at My Beautiful Child Griffin & Autism . I am honored that I was given this award and really love both of these blogs, so I think you should hop over and say hi. I looked at this award and read what it entailed and...

Another Cringe Factor-Co-Parenting

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My daughter is six years old and extremely smart. She has always been ahead of the rest of the children her age. She does wonderful in school but seems to be having some issues at home. She is stealing. I am not talking about a candy from the store or small items. I am unsure about how to deal with it also because...

Magic Marker Monday

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My son Buddy made this owl and I thought he did an amazing job at it!!!! This is a drawing my ASD son made for me. His sister was telling him it looked like Abraham Lincoln if you turn it upside down. ...

Saturday, January 22, 2011

A Little Resolve

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Well, to ease my frustration just a little the school board called. I am not entirely sure if this means anything but, we shall wait and see. I explained, yet again, what my concerns and issues were and they pacified listened to me while expressing their understanding my concerns. I had already written out my letter regarding...

Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Non-Stop Ever Truthful Loud Mouth

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I read a blog today that reminded me of my son. I am sure that those parents whom have had a child that was non-verbal but now speaks can relate. My son was entirely non-verbal until he was three and a half. We could not understand a thing he was saying until he was almost four, and he was classified non verbal until the...

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Stop FUCKING With Me!!!!!

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I think this post is inspired by the fact that while it is beautiful outside I am totally sick of the snow, ice, rain, and below freezing temps. Please bring back Spring, oh and let there be school again soon. I have things to do too ya know. Things like housework that will actually remain clean and dishes that will...

Monday, January 17, 2011

Blog Gems With The King and Eye

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I decided that it would be great to join The King and Eye in her Blog Gems blog hop because I think that it brings out some great articles that otherwise get forgotten and buried underneath all the fresh articles that you write. This was a wonderful idea and I invite you to join along and Air Your Archives. It was tough...

Sleepless Nights in Cottekill

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Now I know that when you have a baby you expect to have sleep deprived nights but I didn't think they would last almost 4 years. Give me a break!! My son was waking all night and he was not wanting to play either. In fact he didn't want to be touched, flailed his arms and legs and screamed at the top of his lungs. He banged...

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Hamster Ball

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LOST IN THE BALL I'm in a cage ball, I can't seem to break It rolls around the path that I take But yet it doesn't break, not even a scrape I just need to escape I cannot change things From inside here, I cannot say The things that I feel All I can do is look and weep At life go by and I am meek The holes...

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

What's On Your Mind Wednesday

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My son is sick....:( he says his belly and forehead hurts. He doesn't want me to touch him- That is so hard. Kids are home from school...the damn snow doesn't like me. The school district sucks Co-Parenting is only Co-Parenting when it involves both parents working together Worrying about my oldest son and what he is...

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

UnFlucking Believable

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My first son, Buddy, lives primarily with his Dad which is where he attends school. This is a different school district than I am in. I ask his father about school and he keeps telling me he is doing great. I thought everything was okay because I had not heard anything different. Until the phone call I received...

Monday, January 10, 2011

The Opposite of Ignorance is Awareness

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Last night as I was doing a little grocery shopping with Chucky and Pumpkin at Hannaford a woman approached me asking about the device my son was playing with. I explained that it was an iPad that he got for Christmas . She asked what it did and inquired if they were for children. I told her that we use it to help him...

Magic Marker Monday

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This is the artwork my son did in school...

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Self Injury and Inaccurate Facial Expressions

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My son is self injuring again. It didn't stop for long but he picks up something different after a while. It started with head banging, then biting himself as well as others, then pinching his skin and now he skin picks. There are other things he does as well but these actions were very constant. He will stick touch hot...

Friday, January 7, 2011

30 Days to Change

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My sister is doing this wonderful blog hop and I am going to attempt maintaining it. Here is what this hop is about: This is a monthly Blog Hop with weekly updates. Your first post should be your goal for the month, why it is important to you and what steps you are hoping to take to accomplish it. Then 2 updates,...

No School!!! Ahhhh.....

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It snowed today here and I don't mean flurries. I mean it really snowed. The kids didn't have school and although the plows have been going through the roads are still covered. The kids wanted to play in the snow but man it is cold out there. I used maybe. I love that word cause it holds them off and while most times it...

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Family Rejections

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My four angels are all equal and special to me. The oldest was an only child for five years and then I gave her a sister. Her sister was the easiest child I have ever had. Maybe I should have stopped at two is what I think in my down in the dump moments. But, then I ponder this.... What if I didn't have to go through the...