Now… for those who have paid attention to my avatar (or listened to me mention it before), my escape from the Monster’s Autism is curling. The sport everyone watches during the Olympics every four years, yes, with the brooms on ice. Some folks have music, some folks have other sport endeavors… I go out into a cold room with my broom and throw forty-two pound stones down a sheet of ice.
(I’m used to the quiddich jokes, by the by – they’re getting old.) Continue reading
Part of the usual morning routine is that the Monster starts asking for Sesame Street somewhere along the way.
Depending how early he’s starting, we either do or don’t have an issue with putting on a “Play With Me Sesame” for a bit, which probably is not the best thing for him really. It’s usually a factor of whether we think there’s enough time to see the episode before the bus arrives, or if he’ll disengage from a preferred activity cleanly without a fuss. Continue reading
Like a lot of parents following the whole DAS thing at the Disney Properties, I’m spending a lot of time reading articles online and various fora.
What jumps out at me – and, bluntly, shocks me – is the lack of sympathy from the commenters there. Continue reading
I suppose I can’t really put it off any longer, talking about the weekend.
This past weekend, we managed to get down to Busch Gardens one more time before the end of the season – the goal being to let my wife go do some haunted houses with her brother-in-law, which she enjoys, and get the kids on a couple of rides. (Though, why anyone likes haunted houses is beyond me. Then again, I dislike being startled/scared/et cetera.) Continue reading
I do love how other things keep cropping up to keep me from writing about the weekend…
So, last night while the wife and I were reading Facebook, there was a message posted to the local Autism Parents’ group asking after ideas for a Halloween costume for a boy with sensory-aversion to wearing a mask or hat. Continue reading
For those of you who do follow my tweet feed (@DadEnoughBlog), I mentioned – briefly – about how I need a vacation from our vacation. Indeed, we went down to Busch Gardens Williamsburg again this weekend, and I’ll write about that in the coming days when I have some… distance. (It was that kind of a Sunday.)
On the other hand, this was the first road trip in the wife’s new minivan. Continue reading
Everything is a baby step, until you have enough room in the rear view mirror to have another perspective.
On Thursdays, as I’ve mentioned a number of times before, I pick up the Monster from school so he can go to his gymnastics program at Rebounders. This gives me a few opportunities that I don’t normally have. Continue reading
Aside from the issues with security at the school, yesterday was also our parent-teacher conference with Ms. A in the evening.
About a week ago, Ms. A sent home his first assessment of the year, but mentioned that he’s been displaying more disruptive behaviors in the classroom. This was entirely new, based on how he’d acted last year, even if there are a lot of things that have been trending in the right direction. Continue reading
This is a follow up to yesterday’s post.
So, after I got home from work, I started crafting the email to the principal of the school to demand the termination of the two aides. Continue reading
As frequent readers here can tell you, getting my attention – my full attention – is a Bad Thing.
My wife and I are a team when it comes to the Monster and his various appointments, therapies, and whathaveyou. She’s the one that most folks deal with – she’s friendly, and nice, and inclined to want people to like her. Me, the warrior dad… I’m the one that things come to when there’s a Problem.
We have a Problem. Continue reading