Some readers have asked lately why I don’t write as much about autism any more. “How are the children?” they want to know. It’s kind of funny that this blog started out to connect to other autism families, to learn, to share, to get through the days, and yet three years later what we find [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ADD’
13 Apr
Drugs are bad, so…let’s give him drugs?
In an effort to greenify our world a bit (and uncomplicate our lives) we decided it was time to try a local doctor to prescribe Doctor Do-be-do’s ADD meds, instead of making a seventy mile round trip to Erie every other month. We made an appointment for him to see the same local psychiatrist Little Miss [...]
30 Sep
Whatever works; or the nature of possessions
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more. — Seneca The battle of the wills continues with some improvements. The Captain has duly been given the prescription flavor of the week for ADD. The doctor didn’t even bother to look at all the other possible [...]
22 Sep
Back off track..as usual
I spent some time reviewing this blog the other day, and it reminded me that we started out talking about autism. A couple of years ago, the topic was a huge part of our daily lives, with all the therapies and educational issues and…so much. So many questions. So many answers, not many of which [...]
26 May
The wide, wide world of sports
One of the suggestions we got from the autism whisperers back in the early days was to see if we could get the Captain involved with sports. You know, the theory being that if he was really good at baseball, then the other boys would let some of the other strange behavior slide. That was, [...]
20 May
It’s a small world
Back when I had my first round of children, I had great dreams for them. I just knew they’d be concert pianists or famous actresses or….who knew what? The days and weeks and months and years passed and they did many wonderful things–got awards, graduated from college, produced healthy children. These accomplishments were duly noted [...]
15 Mar
Tag–you’re it!
Every once in awhile, when I’m examining this blog, to see what I have to offer, to determine what else I could add to make the site more useful, I read over my tag cloud. I know that WordPress assigns the size of the words depending on how often you use the tags. So clearly [...]
30 Jan
Could it be Magic?
As any family with autism knows, vacations are a special circumstance. The best advice is to know what you’re up against and prepare, prepare, prepare. For our upcoming trip to Disney World, I’ve been immersed in information for several weeks, both with this book, this book, and hours of Internet research. We’ve taken the kids [...]
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