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I’ve started teaching summer school, in a special program for local high school students and a course on translating Virgil’s Eclogues. The Eclogues are pastoral poems about shepherds and poetry and…….ok, that’s a bit too far from the usual discussion on this blog. The other class is on Psychology and Literature and, as of today, […]
On Sunday I saw a college friend who I haven’t seen since her wedding (which I was grateful I was even able to go to—–she got married just after we returned from the Midwest to New Jersey and Charlie, who was having a lot to adjust to, was still queasy from it all; Jim dropped […]
Yes, our family (as in all three of us) attended two parties this weekend.
On Saturday afternoon we drove into Queens via the Goethals Bridge, the Verranzano Bridge (Charlie sat up to get the full view of being close to the ocean), and Brooklyn (after going through Sunset Park and seeing too many interesting looking Chinese […]
It’s Charlie’s 11th birthday today. I had asked his teacher about bringing in a cake and she said that would be great, but could we do it on May 14th, as she was planning to be at an autism conference on the 15th? Sure I said and made plans to leave early on Wednesday so […]
Until a rather large truck (a several-wheeler) squoze too close against my car a year ago, a magnet of the puzzle ribbon adorned its left rear-end. That part of the car was in need of some repairs after that accident and we never got around to putting on a new magnet. And too, there […]
Charlie rearranged the three folded-up fleece blankets at the foot of his bed and called for Jim: “Da-ad! Da-ad!”
“‘Hey pal, I’ll be in to talk to you,” said Jim who was promptly told by Charlie “lie down!”—whereupon, Jim and I had to agree, it might not be a bad idea to get Charlie a […]
Last night I went to see a friend who had recently gotten tenure at the college where he teaches. We started graduate school together back in 1990 and have been through various jobs, households, cities. Another friend who had also started her studies with us walked in the door, and there was a lot […]
We went bowling at Lucky Strike in Philadelphia this afternoon with our friend Hal. Charlie’s gone bowling twice before, and both times with those “bumpers” on the lanes, but not today. Jim stood behind him and helped Charlie put his fingers into the three holes and send away the ball, which promptly rolled into the […]
This is the name of an art exhibit “insight into autism and beyond through the artworks of Donna Williams” in Adelaide (Australia) that runs through the 12th of February. Williams is an artist and author of autobiographical books about her life with autism, textbooks about autism and poetry; you can go here for more information […]
There was Mr. Richard, who had a disabled brother; at least a dozen special needs (many autistic) kids were on his bus (and no bus matron). There was the older woman from Russia who told me “your driveway is not convenient for me” and “my eyes are not good.” There were the two women, both […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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