We Go With Him

I feel like such a Luddite but I really do prefer actual, real, physical, tangible, can-mark-with-a-pencil-or-pen, paper books. For teaching languages, an e-book is dreadfully... Read more →

Now Google Glass is getting into the take-technology-and-develop-it-for-autistic-children market. The apps a company is making are for "children with moderate to high-functioning autism, though it... Read more →

There's Moore's Law and there's Murphy's Law and I wouldn't quite say it is Charlie's Law that the only time he requests that I sync,... Read more →

After posting about permanence and change on a really cold Sunday morning I got on my yellow bike (Charlie's bike when he was about 10)... Read more →

I spent quite a few hours last night syncing, downloading, uploading, after Charlie deleted all the music from his iPad. He does that periodically on... Read more →

I just wanted to note that Charlie, after pulling off the cap of electrodes and crying, sat for at least 20 more minutes to get... Read more →

That's a view of the Meadowlands from the NJ Turnpike going south, around noon on a morning when the wind was so strong Jim and... Read more →

It's kind of been Anxiety Central around here (a Monday holiday, winter weather and chilly bike rides, dad 'n' mom back to teaching and running... Read more →

Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, all the holidays have blurred together. Still working through Halloween candy (much shared with my students) and it rather feels like... Read more →

We just got through one of those begins-with-whacking-the-corner-of-the-iPad on the bedroom wall storms, though several degrees less bad than the one Charlie had the night... Read more →

As the above photo attests, it was a good day in my classroom even though we had no AV. I didn't realize the previously broken... Read more →

Summer is not technically over but the start of school for Charlie on Wednesday means it is. He had managed his anxiety so well through... Read more →

Four nights before the first day of school, as signalled by talking more than usual about my parents and (Uncle) Rocco and Portia (the dog),... Read more →

I looked at Charlie's iPad last night and realized that the icons for his music albums were all jumbled up. And, at least one-third were... Read more →

Every caper has its coda. Due to the dousing of water Charlie gave his iPad, and my taking its case apart to dry it off,... Read more →

After the bike ride and dinner and at least one walk Charlie has commenced on a new little ritual, settling on the old beat-up blue... Read more →

I think I've lost track of how many combinations of 'Teletubbies' plus '[word]' I've been dreaming up for Charlie to type. Read more →

A significant change in the barometric pressure made for much more easeful bike riding, walking and generally being on Wednesday. After a walk (which involved... Read more →

Amid bike riding (22 miles on Sunday for a 50 miles weekend), walking, pacing, stomping in certain areas of the house where the floor has... Read more →

To the best of our knowledge, Charlie did not sleep at all on Saturday night. He listened to music, paced in his room and the... Read more →