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8 Nov

They told me so

Posted by awalkabout in Asperger's, autism, life, parenthood, sci-fi, walkabout, writing. Tagged: aliens, Asperger's, autism, fairies, NaNoWriMo, professional commitments, trophy wife, V, volleyball. 3 Comments

When I announced I was doing NaNoWriMo this year, one of my dear writer friends asked me whether I’d still keep up with the blog. Blithely I replied, “Of course!”
More the fool I.
In addition to my 15,000-plus words, however, I have kept up with life, which involved:

several court hearings, most of which went well, [...]

7 Oct

While we’re on the subject

Posted by awalkabout in Asperger's, autism, life, parenthood. Tagged: attachment, autism, bonding, evaluation, Floortime, games, Greenspan, social groups, therapeutic. 1 Comment

I remembered this week why I quit going to most of my outside groups: I can’t stop talking about autism.
It’s not intentional. I don’t go to these meetings with the purpose of proselytizing, spreading the Word about the subject. It just happens.
For example, last week I went to a continuing education program on attachment disorders [...]

30 Sep

Whatever works; or the nature of possessions

Posted by awalkabout in Asperger's, autism, life, parenthood, travel, writing. Tagged: ADD, Asperger's, autism, connection, feng shui, health care, RAD, school, tic. 3 Comments

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 diagnoses; [...]

22 Sep

Back off track..as usual

Posted by awalkabout in Asperger's, autism, life, parenthood. Tagged: ADD, Asperger's, autism, boogers, IEP, school, sensory, TSS, Wii. 6 Comments

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 [...]

15 Aug

The next day

Posted by awalkabout in divorce, life, parenthood, walkabout. Tagged: autism, breakup, death, divorce, hurricane, life, loss, recovery, survival. 7 Comments

Most often tragedies come as an event, a moment, after which things are never the same.
In my work life, I deal with these events all the time. Families that were once happy, functioning organisms come to a point where they no longer work. While the buildup may have taken days, months or years, the point [...]

3 Aug

The sunshine of life

Posted by awalkabout in Asperger's, autism, life, parenthood, walkabout. Tagged: autism, fair, friend, girlfriend, Navy, visit, work. 6 Comments

But you got to have friends
The feeling’s oh so strong
You got to have friends
To make that day last long…
This weekend we hosted the Navy Girls Reunion Tour as my daughter M, three of her former Navy galpals, and their six children all descended on the house. Six adults and eight children, even in a house [...]

18 Jul

Saying yes

Posted by awalkabout in Asperger's, autism, divorce, humor, life, parenthood, travel, walkabout, writing. Tagged: autism, contest, geography, grad school, Jim Carrey, law school, positive, sister, vacation, Wild West, yes. 9 Comments

I’ve had quite a bit of conversation in recent days about my travels, and the extent of my potential insanity for making them. The subject came up again when my two sisters and I got together for the purpose of wishing one of them hail and farewell as she heads out to New Mexico to [...]