For the past few months my 9 year old son with Autism has acquired the hobby of collecting rare items. I say rare, because the show Teletubbies is no longer on air. He has found tremendous joy in collecting VHS’s, DVD’s and books of the long lived television show. Due to the fact that the Teletubbies...
My Boys (middle) with their "typical" classmates
I’m on a listserv for parents of children with Down syndrome and there’s been a heated debate over the question one parent asked: ” I’m thinking about homeschooling my child with Down syndrome vs. sending him to public...
My boys & their gen ed classmates
It amazes me when people don’t embrace My oh-so-embraceable Boys. And just as amazing that some, untainted-by-societal-rules, so readily DO! Inclusion is about embracing. Not tolerating! It’s about arms-open, full-out, just-another-kid (who needs...
It’s amazing to think that my beautiful little boys are already 5-years-old and are now being gainfully (hopefully) educated in kindergarten. So much has changed in the last five years… Most notably that, like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, my heart has grown ten times bigger —...
I’m torn.
With Cody going into Kindergarten next year, I have been having a battle within myself trying to figure out what the best course of action is for him. Do I continue with him in Special Education where I know he will be well watched after and his specific needs will be met? Do I fully mainstream...
Autism New Jersey’s Annual Conference is one of the nation’s largest autism-related conferences, drawing record crowds of parents and professionals.
I had the pleasure of driving by myself down to Atlantic City for Autism New Jersey’s conference. It was 4 blissful hours in the car, listening...
Ever since my daughter Gracie was born, I have put everything aside in order to take care of her. I quit my job as a substitute teacher and I put aside my dream of having a classroom of my own. I devoted my time to taking her to several doctor and therapy appointments a week. When at home, we...
School is just around the corner! LJ will be starting preschool on today. We’ll accompany him for an hour and then we all get to go home. Thursday will be his first “full” day.
At the age of 3, most state’s Early Intervention (E.I.) programs will turn children over to...
Do you remember where you were the week for August 29 through September 5, 2005? I’ll bet if you lived in the southern part of the United States, those dates are etched in your memory. August 30, 2005 is the day that Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana – one of the worst natural...
