We Go With Him

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 →

We certainly did not intend to celebrate Charlie's 17th birthday for three days in a row, especially given his historical need for lowkeying birthdays. But... Read more →

I didn't realize that there is yet another subtropical storm (named Andrea) on the radar (which is making today, Friday, look distinctly wetter than Wednesday... Read more →

(1) Don't tell him that you're having a party to celebrate him turning 16 on the Ides of May. In full awareness of birthday party... Read more →

It is World's AIDS Day and I am thinking of our dear friend Mike and lots of happy times at the beach houses where he... Read more →

A super autumn weekend with 37 miles of bike ride, lots of sunshine, sleep (! -- I know), and, best of all, a visit from... Read more →

Charlie and I had a 20 minute conversation last night! This is what he said. N.B.: All the words describe things and people from his... Read more →

I'm sure Charlie threw the books on Saturday night in full-out anxiety about his birthday party on Sunday. It was a reminder of why, for... Read more →

After a 15-miler in Jersey horse country, we spent another afternoon with his old ABA therapist and her husband, who was very glad to join... Read more →

The highlight of Saturday was the brighter-than-sunlight smile on Charlie's face when he saw, and got a huge from, one of his very first ABA... Read more →

We had much more of an adventure than we usually have been attempting on Sunday. We had made plans to meet a friend from Philadelphia... Read more →

I hadn't been sure how Charlie would respond to seeing his friend Blake and Blake's parents and grandmother on Sunday. Charlie has strong reactions to... Read more →

A friend texted me this morning and said she and one of her sons were planning to bike the Jersey horse country trail that Jim... Read more →

Charlie's birthday is not till Sunday but we thought we'd get the festivities started by having a party on Friday afternoon. It was a most... Read more →

The day started at 6am: Charlie really never seems to sleep in on weekends of late. He helped himself to some red-sprinkled heart-shaped cookies my... Read more →

It was both a usual kind of day for us yesterday and a not so usual day, in the very best of ways. Despite taking... Read more →

We went down to the beach Saturday where, as the previous week, Charlie asked to have the boogie board strapped to his wrist. He took... Read more →

Autistic children are slower to integrate multiple stimuli than same-age children whose development is more typical, according to a recently published study in Autism Research.... Read more →

I have added a list of blog-friends, Fellow Travelers & Commadres in Autismland, over in the right sidebar-->. I linked to some of your blogs... Read more →

Tuesday, the first day of Charlie's inbetween-school-and-ESY-vacation, was a fine day, despite a lot of 'despites' (as you'll see as you read on). It started... Read more →