How do you handle mishaps?
28 November 2014
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 →
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 →