Fearless Folks … autism and beyond …

Summer has proven to be a good break for both kids.  Nick is more subdued (no need to adjust his meds, he’s back to his “old” self… and I didn’t even have to leave the planet… hey, good times!!).  I think he was tired, you know how teens get.  So far he’s been out swimming [...]

Nick has been going through a bit of a tough time lately and I’m wondering if it’s his meds or hormones.  Once a long time ago a higher dose of his medication (Luvox) proved to be too much for him and the side effects were extreme OCD, (he kept talking to himself, saying the same [...]

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 [...]

I’m reading a book called Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner, and a passage from it stood out for me like a neon light. My eyes blew open and I thought, Ahh, that’s exactly it:
 
“He would be, in some ways, like a child until he died, and it was tragic, to be sure, but there [...]

Recording the stories of our lives…  I received this email and link that I thought was really “cool”!  Read and check out StoryCorps web site and the beautiful interview on the Q&A link.
I wanted to share a powerful new online video with you that was just released today by the Peabody Award-winning organization StoryCorps. In “Q&A,”Joshua [...]

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 [...]

Have you heard the one about Meghan and her path to destruction!
 
Well I think you have, but this is a new one:
 
A few months back we bought Meghan her very own little laptop.  Remember how she likes to play with mine (been in the shop 10 times to boot). Well hers is (um, was) one [...]

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 [...]

I haven’t really mentioned much about my personal life other than my two autistic children, I mean that’s what this blog is really about anyway—helping each other raise our special needs kids.  But until now I’ve decided to mention a few things about my life that perhaps is or isn’t truly related.
 
Those of you who [...]