So, the latest change around the house is that the Monster’s doing a lot more imitating lately.
We’ve always read to him – it’s one of those things that one hears is “what you’re supposed to do” to ensure your kids get an early start on things. And certainly, he’s got a very good head start, since he knows all his letters and numbers. Continue reading
Just a few short things today – nothing really occurred to me as ‘important’ to be talking about for the moment, so just slice-of-life kind of things. Continue reading
Part of the Monster’s IEP is toilet training.
Now, I know that a lot of you are saying, “C’mon, I had to toilet train my kids. Why are you able to get the school to help you?” (You wouldn’t be alone – apparently, even according to his teacher, the para-professional in his class has said exactly the same thing.) Continue reading
My family goes annually to the renaissance festival. It’s been something my wife and I were doing for years before children, and there’s little to stop us from keeping up with it now that we have them. Continue reading
Sorry for not being around for a few days. We ended up going (without much forethought) to the Renaissance Festival on Sunday – I’ll write about that in a day or two – and then we ran smack into Rosh Hashanah.
And I’m going to dive right into my topic of the day – we didn’t take the Monster to services for Rosh Hashanah, and I’m perfectly fine with that decision. Continue reading
So last night was the back to school night for the Monster.
I have to admit that I wasn’t ready for this quite yet – I’d figured that we had at least a year, maybe two, before we’d be doing this… but there we were, sitting in the gym of an elementary/middle school listening to the principal and whatnot. And it felt about as weird as we expected. Continue reading
I’ll save any further issues I’m having with the busses for another post. (I’m still waiting on word from the school district.)
No, sometimes, as I’ve said before, it’s about us. Autism doesn’t just really affect the person who has it, but the entire family around them. Continue reading
This is the third week of the Monster’s public schooling.
The bussing issue seems to be resolved for the time being – we haven’t had any repeats of the obscenely long bus-rides AM or PM. (I do know the bus was late, by 5 minutes, one morning this week to the school, but that’s not bad considering they were 20 minutes late here.) I’m “content” that this has been resolved, or that I can start turning the screws again to get it fixed. Continue reading
Obviously, in the boat we’re in, it’s very weighty a lot of the time with the way the Monster is. It’s hard – very – when we can’t tell what’s going on in his head, or when we’re trying to think about the future.
On the other hand… Continue reading
I can remember being a kid, being in school, and always looking forward to the weekends.
Hell, let’s be honest – I scheduled my classes in such a way in college, when I could, to ensure I had four day weekends. Continue reading