A Really Big Butterfly (#405)
31 July 2006
With two more weeks of ESY/summer school to go and two weeks of vacation at the beach ahead of him---and then just over a week... Read more →
July 2006
Phillies and New Hope (#404)
30 July 2006
April, as we Autismlanders know, is Autism Awareness Month, and so we had purchased four tickets to a special Autism Awareness Night Phillies baseball game... Read more →
Choosing Favorites (#403)
29 July 2006
"Yallow school bus." Charlie came into our room a bit before 4am, said that, and lay down on the couch. We reminded him that today... Read more →
The Right Combination (#402)
28 July 2006
So today we had to get the BLACK CAR serviced (we've had it for a year and some months but---as you may note from the... Read more →
This Talk Ain't Cheap (#401)
27 July 2006
"Chahwee! Ee point to you annn you staaand up! Ee point toyou annnn you staaaand up!" Charlie said that, grinning and laughing, as he was... Read more →
Monster House (#400)
26 July 2006
It's a house that swallows up children's toys; a house whose doorknob rattles on its own; a house whose shades go up and down, and... Read more →
Sumpin Diff'ent (#399)
25 July 2006
Charlie said that when he woke up on Sunday morning----remembering Jim and me saying to him on Saturday night, "you've got to try something different!"... Read more →
Trying to see a speeding bullet (#398)
24 July 2006
The saga of the flying food continues. Charlie threw his breakfast as he stood on the porch waiting for the bus; he was directed to... Read more →
Letting go (#397)
23 July 2006
With so many big changes happening in his life in the past two months---moving into Grandpa and Grandma's house and starting in a new school,... Read more →
July 22 (#396)
22 July 2006
Once upon a time, July 22 was just another day of the year for me---the only significance I attached to it was that, my father's... Read more →
On Advocacy, Motherhood, and Why They Are Often the Same Thing (#395)
21 July 2006
Charlie's class had a field trip today: Walking to a local ice cream parlor and buying ice cream. Charlie being on the gluten-free casein-free diet,... Read more →
I Can Fly (#394)
20 July 2006
Today brought another flying hamburger. And a flying pot of rice, flying fries at the pool (after which Charlie cried out and jumped in the... Read more →
Weather Boy (#393)
19 July 2006
Charlie woke up hot and damp and did not so much get out of bed as he was gently tugged from it. He wrapped himself... Read more →
I'm not sorry (#392)
18 July 2006
"I am sorry you have to go through this." Said my father-in-law's live-in nurse to me. It is the kind of statement that I, after... Read more →
The Gingerbread Boy Resurfaces (#391)
17 July 2006
"Yallow school bus!" Charlie woke at 6am saying that, eyes shining. He finished the new Noah's Ark puzzle he had started yesterday and danced back... Read more →
The Day After (#390)
16 July 2006
Typepad was down for maintenance when I first posted this, so I put it up on AutismVox as The Day After the Beach. Part of... Read more →
The Surfer Chef (#389)
15 July 2006
Today I had two glimpses of what might be in store for Charlie in the future, as he grows from boyhood to adolescence and into... Read more →
Charlie Speaks: On Self-Advocacy and Autism (#388)
14 July 2006
"Does he attend a special therapeutic school?" A girl Charlie's age asked me. We were standing on the side of the pool and Charlie, shoulders... Read more →
I good (#387)
13 July 2006
As a result of standing around by the deck in damp weather conditions while waiting to ride his bike yesterday, Charlie woke up smiling ("yallow... Read more →
A stormy afternoon in the life of a 21st century autism mom (#386)
12 July 2006
BOOM. And down came a cascade of rain---so much that it was hard to see out of the windshield. Cars slowed down around me and... Read more →