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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘TSS’
21 Apr
That headache time of year
No, I don’t mean allergy season, though that certainly would apply. I mean summer, and its attendant crisis-level situations about what to do when you have two working parents, special needs children, and services to arrange around family demands.
We’re all busy. Even without the challenges I know a lot of you parents have of getting [...]
20 Mar
Tunnel vision
Our life with autism has been steadily heading toward a dark tunnel, and I’m afraid the train is about to arrive.
While Little Miss seemed to be coming along so well up till this year, fourth grade has made it clear that she has real issues I’ve written off to language delays or other “fixable” things. [...]
18 Oct
Helping the Helper
One of my peeves has always been that many of my clients think when they have wraparound services, they are now in mommie heaven. The problem children are taken off their hands, and they can just search their homes for bonbons, if the little critters haven’t stolen them already.
The peeve carries over to the workers. [...]
26 Sep
On the road again
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. [...]
26 Jul
Moving on up
On the whole, we’ve been unimpressed with the workers from the wraparound agency we’ve had for Captain Oblivious and Little Miss this summer. Their main function is, apparently, to babysit them while they’re spending time with “normal” kids so that they don’t miss an opportunity to correct a social misstep. They do that. [...]
26 Jun
Can I buy a clue, Alex?
I always find the posts fascinating where people analyze how folks wandering the InterWebs find their blog. Like my friend over at Odd One Out, , with her somewhat unfortunate but benificent discussion of slug genitals, it’s hard to believe what gets people to this page.
Most voyages are fairly explicable. Many people ended up here [...]
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