We Go With Him

In last Friday's "Weekend" section of the New York Times, William Grimes notes that In a profane world, driven by the work clock, [the weekend]... Read more →

If some children with autism have hyperlexia--a "precocious ability to read words" and an "intense fascination with letters or numbers "--Charlie could be said to... Read more →

Today did not start very well. Charlie was groggy after his super swim last night but still dragged himself out the door. The bus was... Read more →

As of this morning the splinter was still in Charlie's foot and on my mind and I was on the phone with the doctor's office... Read more →

Charlie stood at my elbow as I drained the hot water from a pot of rice noodles and shrimp and carefully lifted six tissue-delicate rice... Read more →

Charlie got a sliver in the bottom of his foot from walking barefoot on the playground this afternoon. Yesterday he had only wanted to walk... Read more →

A bolt of lightning---a coûp de foudre--struck directly above the front porch of our house where Charlie and I were waiting for the return of... Read more →

After Friday's stomach flu leading to an unexpectedly quiet Saturday, Charlie woke up at his usual time on Sunday and seemed extra-alert as he looked... Read more →

Our house was freezing this morning. I had left a couple of windows all the way open, but the smell of whatever Charlie had eaten,... Read more →

Autism Information Overload is something I, like many parents, suffer from. Do a search for "autism" on Amazon.com and over a thousand items appear. Go... Read more →

"I wish...." were the last words spoken by Cinderella in the performance of Into the Woods I saw performed at Saint Peter's College tonight. "Ssssssshhhhhhhh!"... Read more →

Once I got into work today---late because I stayed at home while Charlie had an early ABA session, to check in with the therapist--one theme... Read more →

I was going to use the word "meltdown" in the title for this post---"The Meltdown Cometh," "Spring Break Breakdown"---but Charlie saw Ice Age: The Meltdown... Read more →

"Mainstream" refers, in common parlance, to the ordinary, the usual; to that which is "middle of the road," common to the general public; to "the... Read more →

"I got a flat tire!" Jim and Charlie had been out on their bikes for the better part of an hour when Jim called on... Read more →

When Charlie was just diagnosed with autism in July 1999, Jim and I read and read and read. We read books of the "what is... Read more →

First, a fib for Charlie: Got rice noodles? Want spring-rolls. Bike ride, helmet on! I count out Charlie's syllables. [For more "fibs"--Fibonacci-based poetry (six line,... Read more →

To the list of autism parent synonyms, I found a new one to add today: Meteorologist. A solid stretch of clear blue sky spring days... Read more →

Charlie can verbally identify almost all of the letters of the alphabet--he's been working still on discriminating f from t and i from l. At... Read more →

I went to work late this morning to make sure Charlie was settled with my parents, who arrived here after midnight from California. Our house... Read more →