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
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
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
At least we know he is very clean, and the 2nd floor’s floor too: An email dispatch from Ben-land. — Ben took a bath upstairs. After we bathed him, he was playing with the jets, and my staff and I
Cory, whom Ben adores, works at his house. Cory is going to become a father in a few months. While explaining the ultrasound pictures of their in utero baby to him, Cory said, “Ben, I’m going to be a Dad!”
“You have a child with special needs.” It was the first time, and to this day, maybe the only time, I heard those exact words directed at me. Yes, it was a statement of the obvious. But it focused everything.
Just a brief follow-up to last week’s post (Autism Awareness Has a Long, Long Way to Go). As I implored at the end: So please, be truly aware. Spread the word. And help us create a fuller Autism Awareness. A
Ben and Mom in the back seat, heading to his favorite bakery. (pic by Karen) For this Autism Awareness Month, and every other month, I want to say – I GET IT. I really do. Depressing news stories about autism
Some random moments from the past few weekends with the big Benny boy. As snacks go (that Ben likes), relatively speaking, marshmallows count as health food. ~~~ Picking his sixth book to read is serious business. (Thank you Michelle!) ~~~
Little bits of Ben’s life over the past couple of weeks… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Six residents + staff at Ben’s group home = big garbage day. Tomica at Great Clips is getting rid of Ben’s curls. I was opposed to it, but