Fearless Folks … autism and beyond …

Meghan’s weekly update was interesting.  Remember how I mentioned that she had a little “cheeky” fun with the teachers during the last few weeks? Remember how she wouldn’t get out of the van; she would just lie across the seat or lie on the ground and the teachers would have to carry her away? Well [...]

The consensus is: Meghan seems much happier these days.  This is the opinion of her teachers, staff, and me, her mom!  As I mentioned before, I get updates from her contact teacher once a week.  This teacher tells me all about her week:  the good, the bad, and the ugly.  It’s like sitting down with [...]

Sometimes I think that I’m too busy or preoccupied while moving about my day, getting things done, that I become a bit too oblivious to my kids needs.  I was very much conscious of this fact when Meghan first went off to residential school, and I wanted to make sure that “both” my kids were [...]

Meghan just came home with a “Perfect Week Award”—this is number 2—so we are making good progress!!  At school she’s been better at using her communication device and books, along with some easy sign language, to let her teachers know when she’s upset about something—before she goes over the edge!  If she is upset, the [...]

You know, Meghan really knows how to work the best of them.  She has this uncanny ability to not only get attention when she wants it, but to also get right under your skin at the same time.
 
With the snowstorms and heavy rain this season, there have been fewer trips out to the stores (Walgreen’s [...]

I had trouble writing this post because it’s just tough to do.
 
I’ve mentioned this before, the plain and ugly truth, that Meghan has to have ‘Holds” at school.  Holds are necessary for her safety and the safety of the other classmates when redirecting isn’t successful.  (In case you don’t know, a hold is when they [...]

Meghan was home last week for a thanksgiving break. I know she enjoyed her week, because she didn’t want to leave “vacation” and go back to school. Don’t we all feel that way?
 
The hardest part of raising kids is teaching them the balance between work and fun, I mean they need to understand that life [...]

When we first told Nick that Meghan was going to a new school, and that she would have to stay there overnight and come home on weekends when the time was right, he seemed to understand perfectly well. “Because Meghan breaks things all the time,” he said. I told him “well sort of” and explained [...]