No day is “normal” when you live with autism, either yourself, or with a friend or family member. These articles describe common events that we’ve experienced in our lives.
We hope that they bring you the same laughter, tears, and understanding that they brought us when we started going through it.
Earlier this week when our youngest got home from school he went into the kitchen and sat down at his favorite spot. While this is not abnormal for him, the next thing he did totally caught me off guard and made my day. He looks over at me and says “I’m hungry.” This almost brought…
One of our newer movies to try with the kids was the Herbie series. My wife found a collection a while back for a great price, and decided to buy it. Then it sat on our shelf for a while. Well we decided to finally watch it as one of our family movies recently. All…
One of the things that my wife and I try hard to do is to reach our children where they are. This is often difficult since he thinks and communicates differently than my wife and I do. We constantly try to find ways to have him interact with us and others. And recently, I saw…
Everyone right now is dealing with the Coronavirus, and each person is dealing with it their own way. As you are probably more than aware, people on the spectrum often tend to “fixate” on some things. This of course can manifest itself in many ways, whether it be a favorite toy, going out to eat,…
We all want what’s best for our children and we all want them to be happy, however sometimes that means not hindering their growth. Our first son was mostly non-verbal and for his age they basically classified him as non-verbal since he was speaking like a two-year-old in first grade. Whenever he would point to…