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26 Sep

On the road again

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood. Tagged: autistic, delay, evaluation, language, managed care, speech therapy, therapy, TSS. 4 Comments

One step forward…three steps back.
I’d expected to be writing such a post about Captain Oblivious as he navigated the first six weeks of junior high, but we’ve actually been pleased with his school situation. The itinerant teacher that manages the mainstreamed autistics met with the Cabana Boy at open house and explained that the jr. [...]

22 Jul

An Open Letter to Michael Savage

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood. Tagged: Asperger's, autism, autistic, brat, fraud, idiot, Kids' Night, Michael Savage, neurotypical, therapy. 17 Comments

Dear Mr. Savage:
I took my two children with autism and my ADD child out to dinner this evening for Kids’ Night at Ponderosa. We went in, paid our check, everyone got their food at the buffet, then we sat down, and surprisingly well-mannered, we ate.
Meanwhile, all around us there was pandemonium. One family (yes, complete [...]

1 Jul

Ah, brief respite!

Posted by awalkabout in autism, divorce, life, parenthood, walkabout. Tagged: absence, autistic, freedom, grandparent, reconnect, respite, single parent, vacation, visit. 10 Comments

Poet Anne Shaw says, “Fond as we are of our loved ones, there comes at times during their absence an unexplained peace.” This is undeniably true.
One of the few advantages I had as a single mother for many years is that my children’s father lived 1500 miles away. (No, not because he was far away! [...]

19 Jun

Mea culpa, mea culpa!

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood. Tagged: Asperger's, autistic, discrimination, good Christian, lawyer, summer camp, therapeutic, TSS. 6 Comments

Okay, I’m sure it is my fault I have children with special needs, and I deserve to be punished for it–more importantly, they apparently deserve to be punished for it.
We did get approved for our therapeutic summer program, with 30 hours of TSS/mobile therapy each for Captain Oblivious and Little Miss, so they could attend [...]

9 Jun

Don’t know about global, but it’s sure warming!

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood, sci-fi, walkabout. Tagged: apocalypse, autistic, camp, economy, gas, heat, monsoon, therapy, Twilight Zone, zombie. 7 Comments

I’ve been melting this week, in an unusually early bout of summer heat, and I keep thinking about a Twilight Zone episode called “The Midnight Sun” about a woman, played by Lois Nettleton. As the eppy starts out, Lois and her neighbors are dealing with the extreme heat of the Earth pulling closer to the [...]

26 May

Will they come for you, too?

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood. Tagged: ADHD, AIDS, autistic, Barton, bipolar, child abuse, hyperaction, hyperactivity, IEP, mean girl, school, Survivor, vote off. 9 Comments

I’ve been gone for the holiday and apparently missed the hubbub about Alex Barton.
For anyone who’s not in the loop on this, here you go: Alex Barton’s story. Basically, a kindergarten teacher played Jeff Probst and let her 16 students vote one of their classmates out of their class–after they each got a chance to [...]

23 May

All in the name of progress

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood, walkabout. Tagged: Asperger's, autistic, blue ribbon, IEP, inclusion, managed care, school, therapy, wraparound. 11 Comments

I managed this week to conduct not only the “transition to junior high” IEP for Captain Oblivious, but also the first negotiating session with the new managed health care people. Let me say, either meeting was seriously worth several glasses of wine and maybe a Valium.
The IEP meant meeting the responsible people at the junior [...]