Raise your hand if you have heard of “dyscalculia.” Not too many of you? Well, I hadn’t heard of it either until 1993-94. It was at that time when my husband, after many years of struggling with math classes in both high school and college, went to an independent evaluator and was subsequently diagnosed with…
Category Archives: Advocacy
Dads Can’t Do Everything, Even Though We Try
Just this weekend I loomed large over my petite baby daughter, holding her close, playing with her hand. Tears rolled down my cheeks, not in a torrent, but rather a slow emotional drizzle which besets me from time to time. “I can love you, I can hold you, I can play with you, but little…
Who Will YOU Jump In After?
My Dad served two tours of duty in Viet Nam. His job was enemy surveilance. He, along with a few other soldiers and a native scout, headed out in front of the rest of the squad to gather information and radio back the enemy’s position and fire power. My Dad tells the story of his…
The Gift That Gives
Children with disabilities are children first, and children with disabilities farther down the line. Sometimes amidst the therapy sessions, doctor appointments, challenges and frustrations this simple truth is overlooked…even by us as their parents. I so don’t like when that happens. Just remember…we don’t have to look very far to be reminded. Look, really look,…
Inhale……..Exhale……..
Inhale…Exhale… This month’s guest blogger is Jen from Unique But Not Alone Oxygen tubes were strewn across the top of their lips and clear tubing clutched in their hands. Occasionally, a hiss would erupt from an oxygen unit. Here and there, the pulse of oxygen being delivered could be heard as a pshshhhhhhhh kind of…
Wonder In The Pumpkin Patch
It isn’t often that we are able to load Parker up and go do something fun. But when the opportunities arise, I gotta tell ya, they are sheer magic. Yesterday we took Parker to Farmer Grant’s. Farmer Grant hosts the local Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze for the teeny crowd. Totally stroller friendly. Even more…
What’s The Word I’m Looking For?
How about shocked? Overwhelmed? Stunned? Incredulous? Better yet, is there a word that encompasses all of the above? Because THAT would be the word I’m seeking right now. Remember Parker’s vent? The one I had to don Army boots and do battle with my Home Health Care Company to get? I may have won that…
Try This Tuesday #13: What Should I Try?
This week I am turning the tables and asking you for your solutions to a challenge that I am facing. With my son becoming more aware of the ways he is different from the other kids, I am wondering how and when to talk to him about his diagnosis of autism. He knows that he…
I beg to differ!
**Updated to correct, it was actually Obama that said that “children are relatively inexpensive to insure.” My apologies. I’m not going to turn this into a political post. I even promise to keep it short. It’s not the right forum and it’s not about any one candidates beliefs, I think we’re in trouble either way….
Autism Family Adventures – An Interview with Bonnie
Bonnie is one of the first Moms to blog about autism. Writing on several sites on the web, Bonnie shares her wisdom and a peek into her life as a single mother of two children with Autism. Tell me a little about yourself and your family. My name is Bonnie Sayers, also known on the…