Posted in autism, life, parenthood, walkabout, tagged Asperger's, broken bone, child, escape, family, no soup for you, respite, swelling on April 19, 2008 | 9 Comments »
So the long-suffering Cabana Boy and myself conceived it would be a great idea to steal a date night for the two of us. What were we thinking?
We left the children with my daughter, who has five kids of her own, knowing they were in good hands, and headed to Erie–I know, not the fancy [...]
Posted in autism, life, parenthood, tagged ADD, autistic, grandchildren, help, light, Rain Man, respite, sensory, spectrum, therapy on April 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This week, I got an email from my mother-in-law, where my sister-in-law forwarded to HER this link. She thought it would be useful, apparently, because it was about Autism.
Now I appreciate the thought. But at this stage of the game, that article is pretty much useless to us. My son was diagnosed five years [...]
Posted in autism, life, parenthood, tagged abandon, abuse, children, parental rights, rebel, respite, special kid, termination on March 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’ve probably attended a dozen court hearings at which parents’ rights to their children were terminated. Some of these parents have been my clients. From an objective third-party point of view, the children may be better off. The children probably don’t think so; these are their parents, after all, for good or bad. Many abused [...]
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