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On Day 3 of summer vacation, Charlie woke at 6am chattering and was soon up and about. He’d gone to bed late the night before and, not surprisingly, he fell asleep around 10am, his long form smooshed against the back of the couch. I saw beside him and worked on my book and Charlie […]
Maybe that’s where some of us (many of us?) wish we could make a brief visit to actually get that elusive thing called “sleep.” “Bedland” is the title of this mattress-filled print by Andrea Shear—the mattress in the print has been turned into a soft slide. From time to time, Charlie’s done exactly the same […]
Couple months back, a study was presented at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference in Dublin; the study found that people who showed more signs of games addiction exhibit the following personality traits: “neuroticism, lack of extraversion and lack of agreeableness”—all signs of Asperger’s Syndrome, according to one source.
Not so sure about those traits […]
In a Sunday post on camp and indepenence, Shay asked about what kind of Extended School Year (ESY) program Charlie has. Charlie’s had a very good summer so far in his program, and even because of it. Thursday will be his last day and I think we’ll all be missing seeing the yellow school bus […]
To remember Evan Kamida, here’s a small and lovely thing to do: Take a photo of flowers at a swingset and post it to this Flickr pool. Shannon Des Roches Rosa and Jennifer Graf Gronenberg have posted more information.
Here’s Charlie’s swings, with an orange flower for Evan.
The swings are on a […]
A glass half-full or half-empty?
A big awful mess of a mess on the carpet as yet another episode in the comedy of one’s life, or further evidence of the tragedy of life with autism?
Mirth or melancholy? (To put it a little more poetically.)
Mamma Mia! or Dark Knight—-the one (as characterized in the July 27th New […]
Ever since Charlie was the ripe old age of 3 or 4 months old, we’ve gone to the beach with him, and specifically the Jersey shore. On our mantel is a photo of Jim holding Charlie (in a blue one-piece outfit and a Pooh denim hat and with an expression of supreme consternation) in the […]
The first thing I have to say about being at BlogHer was that, because I didn’t have to keep looking for a boy at my back (not that I didn’t sometimes turn and scan the room for him; it’s a reflex)—-because I was on my own, I got a chance to look at some things […]
Said Charlie. He and Jim had driven for 3 1/2 hours on the Garden State Parkway to the beach; swam in some mighty cold water (no one else was in); had a delicious seafood dinner; went to the rides. And then, per Charlie’s request, home.
Time for me to go home, too.
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The report from Charlie’s teacher about me being away: Tough ride on the bus after Jim put him on and then crying, described with the adjective “plaintive.” They worked on having him say “I’m sad.” In the afternoon, it took awhile for him to settle to do speech therapy though he’d been looking forward to […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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