Let's face it: Halloween, in its current incarnation here in the US, is pretty much about (1) candy and (2) costumes. Charlie having been on... Read more →
October 2009
Friday morning Jim and I were to meet at 8am with the director of the big autism center. As we were running late, Jim dropped... Read more →
My son started taking Risperdal in the spring of 2004, when he was 7 1/2 years old, for self-injurious behaviors (head-banging). Charlie was already taking... Read more →
"Loose tooth. Stuck." Charlie himself said these words last night. We had been watching YouTube videos; he kept asking for another one and another one... Read more →
Monday morning the school nurse called me to pick up Charlie. His neurologist has prescribed an anti-anxiety medication for him to take temporarily while he... Read more →
"It's a mystery" was what Jim said Sunday morning in answer to the EMT who had just taken Charlie's blood pressure, after Charlie had gotten... Read more →
I'm not gonna hide anything. Sunday was difficult in a way that things haven't been for us at home with Charlie since early this summer;... Read more →
Jim and I thought taking Charlie to see Where the Wild Things Are would be a good thing to do on a very, very rainy... Read more →
After Charlie was diagnosed with autism over 10 years ago, we thought everything had to be autism autism autism Charlie Charlie Charlie. In many ways,... Read more →
I discovered a little big thing yesterday. Charlie can write the alphabet. Ok, if you look really closely (he doesn't press down so hard with... Read more →
So I'm please to report that my meeting yesterday morning with Charlie's case manager went well and was productive. (After my heavy duty emotional display... Read more →
Charlie woke up before 6am on Tuesday morning (or maybe it was more like 5.15am). He hung out on in the living room wrapped in... Read more →
Having been told that we were to meet with the director of the big autism center on Wednesday at 10am, and wanting to get the... Read more →
Ngin Ngin's seven great-grandchildren---Charlie is the second youngest---were a big focus at her funeral. Five of them (the youngest is a toddler) all came up... Read more →
After flying into San Francisco at 10.30pm on Friday night, I stayed up till 2am talking to my parents. Saturday the sun shone warm (temps... Read more →
Charlie has been accepted into the big autism center. We will be meeting with the director and Charlie's case manager next week. I learned about... Read more →
It never rains but it pours: This was the case for us yesterday, and not only because it rained rained rained cold hard & steady... Read more →
Count 'em: There are eight pairs of shoes in this photo. (Lined up by me, the better to give you the full effect of how... Read more →
We toured the large out-of-district autism center yesterday at 10am. It's only about a mile from our apartment---in fact, I've mentioned it before when I... Read more →
Monday I had (not too serious) modem trouble; we also had (kind of extra serious) car trouble. Jim and I both had the day off... Read more →