One Family's Adventure In Raising An Autistic Child
Joshua enjoying the Pinewood Derby with our Parish Scout and American Heritage Girl Troop I’ve encountered countless people on our journey into Autism Spectrum Disorder who either have a child on the spectrum, or know of a child on the spectrum. It is journey mixed with hope and heart ache. I am amazed and saddened [...]
I took the kids to Fred Meyer on Friday as it was Sarah’s birthday and our zoo plans got rained out. She and Rachel had gift cards and birthday money that was burning a hole in their pocket that they had been eager to spend. It was a neat experience as I honestly didn’t mind [...]
The kids and I went to the Northwest Catholic Family Education Conference http://www.nwcatholicconference.com/index.html last Friday. It’s something we look forward to every year. My purpose was to see what was available for used home school curriculum and look through materials I needed for the next school year and then see where I could get it [...]
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I sent the letter to the Director of Special Education for Elementary age kids in our district, to encourage there to be a full day program at the school Joshua attends. I was happy to hear back from her this week, when I followed up with a phone call, that the program at both sites [...]
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 is the federal law that guarantees a free and appropriate public education to students with disabilities referred for or determined eligible to receive special education services. This is the first sentence of the booklet, Notice of Special Education Procedural Safeguards for Students and Their Families, given [...]
I have been thinking a lot as I have been looking over different diets to help autistic kids. I really like the GAPS diet, which is based off of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. Another one I discovered along the way is from No Harm Foundation called the Spectrum Balance Diet (www.noharmfoundation.org). All three of these [...]
Joshua likes Thomas the Train, thanks to his older brother, Michael. One of the DVD’s they recently got for Easter from their grandparents is one called “Splish, Splash, Splosh”. Joshua is now prone to say that phrase when he delightfully stomps in any puddle he comes across, no matter how deep, and no matter whether [...]
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We go to the Catholic Church to the parish my grandmother belonged to, in the early 70′s. It’s a Dominican Parish and 102 years old. We have been blessed by the church community and have decided to attend this parish despite the drive due to the kids’ godparents all attending there. It’s nice to go [...]
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