Posts Tagged ‘Anxiety’

Am I pushing?

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 7:35 2 Comments

Nick is in Best Buddies and really doesn’t like it.  He’s also in Anime class twice a month after school as a fun thing to do, but he looks to get out of it every time he has a class.  I think it could be his anxiety issues and his fear of social situations, but [...]

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Lock-down drills are not for Autistic kids

Friday, February 5, 2010 9:55 6 Comments

You know that saying for our autistic kids: one step forward, two steps back. Well that was pretty much Nick’s life this past month. His school had a lock-down drill (kinda like a fire drill, but scarier). Nick came home in a sort of shell-shocked state. I asked him what was wrong, but he didn’t give me [...]

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Trials and Tribulations of being a Mother

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:56 7 Comments

I had an interesting weekend with Meghan this past weekend. I ended up doing something that I didn’t want to do but then decided to do it. (Are you still with me?)
 
When Meghan got home on Friday at 1:00 pm (her usual time) she did what she always does when she comes home: she said [...]

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Anxiety or Manipulation?

Friday, June 12, 2009 10:10 1 Comment

Nick didn’t go to school yesterday. Actually, lately, I feel like it is all I can do to get him to go to school. The reason why I gave him the day off, or let me rephrase that, let him stay home, was because he had a field trip. I clench my teeth at this [...]

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