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I Broke Today 6/10/2011
I broke today. Completely snapped. Curled into a ball on the floor sobbing. I don’t want this. I DON’T want this. I don’t WANT this. I don’t want THIS. I DON’T WANT THIS!!!!! I don’t want Bubba to...
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D Day 6/29/2011
Tomorrow is D Day. Diagnostic Day. Diagnosis Day. Let me back up. Earlier this summer, we found out that we were being referred to our school district/SEDOL (Special Education District Of Lake...
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An Answer – And a Name Change 7/1/2011
So yesterday was D Day. And we got what we were expecting: Official diagnosis: Autism. I’m now amazed at how easy it was to hear. No, it wasn’t easy to hear, but in the moment it wasn’t DEVESTATING....
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What the HELL??? 7/4/2011
First off, happy 4th ya’ll! I know this is a stressful day for many ASD kiddos and their families… Luckily my Bubs likes fireworks and says “doon, doon” (boom, boom, damn those bilabials!) whenever he...
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Where Has the Summer Gone? 9/7/11
Wow, so it’s been a while since I posted, a really long while… Where to start? I kind of took some time to myself to process everything, to come to terms with everything. I’ve been testing out...
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The Unexpected Speed Bump
I’m a total Daddy’s girl. I have been for my whole life. My dad and I have always been close, although that closeness has changed form over time. We’ve been lucky enough to develop an adult...
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Parenting FAIL
So today I thought it would be a fun sensory activity for both my boys to play with shaving cream. But not just play with it. I put both of them in the dry bathtub, naked, and squirted in over 1/2 of...
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The Happiest Place on Earth (or… preparing for battle)
I grew up a Disney kid. I loved fairy tales, and in the 70’s/80’s Disney was pretty much the only visual source for fairy tales (besides being the BEST source anyway!!). I remember going to see...
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Sisee’s Theory of Autism
First some backstory: I used to teach autistic kiddos. I worked at a school for severly autistic individuals. Their mission statement was “To prevent the institutionalization of children diagnosed...
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Thanksgiving Rollercoaster
I know that holidays are usually a series of ups and downs. But I wasn’t prepared for the emotional rollercoaster I went through yesterday… and some of the stories aren’t even mine! First emotion:...
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