Let me be up front about this: I’m more likely a Trekker than a Warsie. That being said, we experienced a little bit of heaven this week as we first got to bring home the latest incarnation of Star Trek, a movie that goes back, long ago, to a galaxy…no wait. It’s still our galaxy. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sensory’
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 [...]
28 Aug
Nirvana: different strokes for different folks
The end of the week spelled happiness for our household, but in such a variety of ways: The Captain got to stare at cartoons for a whole morning when I was in court and couldn’t monitor. The Cabana Boy continued work on a freelance project for another law office in town, creating an office computer [...]
8 Aug
On the other hand…
Little Miss remembered all week it was her birthday today; anticipating it, as well as the activities that might happen. (First time.) She remembered and could articulate the story of her birthday last year, when we went to Perkins and they brought her a brownie with a candle and sang to her– the first year [...]
8 Apr
This little light of mine
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 [...]
2 Mar
It’s how you play the game
Saturday night, our family went bowling. Unremarkable, I’m sure in hundreds of towns across the country. Heck, maybe even around the world. We did go after 9:00, which is normally bedtime, so it was unusual for us. At that time of day, the bowling alley hosts “extreme bowling,” a sensual feast of rock music, flashing [...]
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