We Go With Him

Tuesday was Charle's nth (I have lost count) IEP and the big subject of discussion was his ITP. That stands for Individual Transition Plan. Charlie... Read more →

Do you freeze, cry, scream, stomp your feet, get mad and say angry things at whoever (known or unknown) happens to be in your immediate... Read more →

It just occurred to me that in the six months plus that we've now been in California, we haven't once been to the ER, which... Read more →

Charlie had, or perhaps was having for the past several days, a lot of thymic distress that was resolved (in full sense of the Latin... Read more →

When Charlie was about 11 or 12, I'd feel sad every time he got on a carnival ride. He was always the biggest kid even... Read more →

I stood beside Charlie in line for this very tall 'frog hopper' -- that's what he knows this ride as because the first, much more... Read more →

A performer Charlie is not -- I think he only sang the last bar of one verse of 'Sidewalks of New York' loud enough for... Read more →

We drove down to the beach where we used to stay at the beach house on Saturday morning and drove on sandy streets and sand... Read more →

I finally got around to putting Arcade Fire on Charlie's iPad last year after the cameraman from the BBC (they were making this film; Charlie's... Read more →

While signing Charlie, on the Friday of a curious week, in at the school office after he quote unquote 'did the best ever' at the... Read more →

After a bike ride, we went to see if the Mexican fast food place was open and were not surprised that it was not due... Read more →

To the unschooled, the progress that someone (this would be Charlie, who had a good school day on Monday though he was very tired) has... Read more →

When you hear Jimi Hendrix from Charlie's room at 11pm, you know it could be a 4am-er. I've hesitated to give him too much melatonin,... Read more →

This post is a bit about "Neighbors 101" (advanced version). But with a superhero twist. We've lived in this house, more or less (not counting... Read more →

There were some whimpers (it it still hot just not as hot) but a Jersey horse trail bike path ride is always a good thing.... Read more →

High on Jim's and my lists of autism myths to debunk is the one about an autistic individual being, for instance, a toddler's mind in... Read more →

For the first time in some days, Charlie asked to 'type b teletubbies.' It was around midnight. It was also the first night in a... Read more →

After the past couple of weeks, it has become quite apparent that Charlie's regular sleeping hours have become 1 or 2am to whenever we rouse... Read more →

After slogging through several days with his cold, Charlie had a great day at school on Thursday. The temperature was in the 70s and he... Read more →

This news story is too sad, and awful. Obviously I cannot stop thinking about it; Jim too. It's too easy to say 'how could that... Read more →