“What if people started having parties to celebrate 9/11? That’s pretty much how I feel on World Autism Day.” ~Anonymous Courtesy of a Facebook friend and fellow autism parent who would rather I not use her name (her post
Nothing to Celebrate
Routine Redefined
A couple weeks ago, I saw my dentist for a routine cleaning and check-up. Drove over to his office, x-rayed , scraped ‘n’ scrubbed, pearly off-whites looked healthy enough, no drilling, no filling, in and out in a half hour.
R Word Against Theirs
“He’s retarded.” Does that make you flinch? Do you hate that word? Its banishment by the Cultural-Awareness-and-Sensitivity Squad (and, officially, Obama in 2010) is fine with me. Colloquial use, especially as an insult, is abhorrent and causes pain. Being father
Halfway To 50!
Hey kids! Want to make your parents feel old? Try turning 25. That’ll do it. The “kids” are half-way to a Half-Century! Wow. My nephew Steve said, “That is the most depressing way of describing 25 (maybe life’s best age?)
Music To His Ears
One way we know Ben likes — REALLY likes — the music we’re playing in the car is, if he thinks we’re about to change it, he’ll lean forward and gently grab my elbow until I move my arm back
He Knows What He Likes
A snapshot… We get regular e-mail updates on the big guy, and today, after some nuts’n’bolts info: “So, now for the Big Ben story of the week… Yesterday was a very trying second shift. Even though five of the six
Seizure
“Dave! He’s having a seizure!” I looked in the rear view mirror at one of the most horrifying sights of my life. Just writing about it isn’t easy, recalling that nightmarish moment a few weeks ago when I saw Ben’s
Five Monkeys, Two Toddlers, Some Amazing Altruism, and a Page Full of Pigs
With the exception of his cohorts, I believe Ben is the only 25 year old male who has never, ever, not one single time, Googled any porn (and puh-lease don’t raise your hand to deny it — you’re either fibbing
A Song In His Heart
Next to cookies, nothing delights Ben more than his hours with Julie Hopkins, music therapist par excellence. He got hooked when she was a regular visitor to Ben’s classroom back in his school days, and since then, we’ve had Julie
It Ain’t Funny
As I was first reading the story about the stalker who sent her victim 65,000 text messages after one date and is now behind bars, at least a dozen jokes came to mind. Like it or not, joking about it