One Family's Adventure In Raising An Autistic Child
Joshua went to his first Vision Therapy appointment today with his vision therapist, Samantha (Sam). He will be going weekly. Our insurance will pay for a lifetime maximum of 32 visits. Since we don’t have the resources to pay $100 a session, we will be making the most of the time we have. Sam showed [...]
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I went to my first Parent/Teacher Conference on Thursday and my standard home schooling joke has been: “This is my first parent/teacher conference outside of talking to myself in the mirror”! (Sorry, I couldn’t help it!) A neat start of this day had to do with Joshua approaching me in the morning and reaching out [...]
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Joshua had his first poop in the toilet today. Well,…mostly. We had gone down to visit my mom’s in Kent after Mass today, as we had planned to utilize her grain mill to make some flour out of the wheat berries she recently got from Bob’s Red Mill in Oregon for us, where she had [...]
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Joshua had Occupational Therapy today with Annie and Michael, again, joined us. I so appreciate Annie being willing to have Michael involved as it truly does imitate real life at home. Joshua needed a lot of “regulating” today as he had to get up early so we could take Sarah and Rachel out to Monroe [...]
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Joshua usually has a plan and I can most often clue in as to what his plan is, such as when I hear the box I have fruit stored in the pantry closet, although, apparently not very well, hit the floor. Joshua is hungry and he wants something to eat. He either pushes a chair [...]
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Joshua has an increased awareness of his need to communicate his needs, and is doing so verbally, more and more. Monday, for example, when getting ready for school, he verbalized “going to school” and was clearly excited to be getting out the door and on to the bus. He pulls on my hand and turns [...]
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The Nose is Flowing I wish I knew a lot more than I do, but the trouble with that is more would be expected from me! LOL! You have to have a sense of humor around my house. It keeps you sane(r). Anyway, the reason I bring this up is the kids are either suffering [...]
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Vision Therapy I got the evaluation back from Dr. T, from Alderwood Vision Therapy Center (http://www.alderwoodvisiontherapy.com/contact.html) and it looks like Joshua is a good candidate for glasses with ambient lenses and vision therapy. Dr. T. noted that Joshua seems to have problems with visual organization and depth perception. When the ambient vision is functioning properly, [...]
I read an interesting article by a doctor who has two children on the Autism Spectrum: http://www.autism-watch.org/about/bio2.shtml. Dr. Laidler had some valid points he made. This brings me to, of course, question the diet we have Joshua on, as if it really makes a difference. Honestly, I don’t really know, definitively, but he’s healthy and [...]
Occupational Therapy in the Home There are a lot of cool things you can use in your home, which is the main area of treatment for your kid, being that they are home, with the family, more than anywhere else. This is always my preference, anyway. Anyway, the lycra swing Joshua enjoyed swinging in, could [...]
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