Today we have a special guest writer, the mother of a teen with Autism. Hi! I’m Penny from Our Crazy Adventures in Autismland. I’m so honored that Dawn asked me to participate in her 31 days series. I have a teenager, Logan, with high functioning autism that I have been
People tell me my son talks too much and is annoying. I am just surrounded by people who keep telling me I need to spank him more, or that I need more structure, more discipline, to do this or that better with him. They just DON’T UNDERSTAND MY SON.”
Tonight’s dinner was an exercise is coping skills for D1. My dad came into town for Christmas, arriving just before dinner tonight. As we all sat down for dinner, D1 was shocked to find someone sitting in his chair, which is next to me. We had set his place on
School and classroom accommodations, that is. Considering that this is the beginning of the school year, many parents are still in IEP mode… attempting to get their child’s IEP’s set up for the year, and figuring out how the teacher and support staff will implement that IEP. From a homeschooling
My 8 year old son is developmentally delayed on the Autism Spectrum. That’s the “official diagnosis”, updated in 2011. The underlying cause is fetal valproate exposure. He doesn’t have all the physical signs to qualify for the “syndrome” diagnosis, but the valproate exposure is thoroughly documented. The outward manifestations of