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There’s been a discussion going on in the comments to my post on So That’s What Happened to the Clock on the Computer (aka a post on Halloween and trick or treating). The discussion has been about Daylight Saving Time, with asides about how life in the modern world (and after the wake of the […]
On Monday, I was briefly puzzled as to why the clock on my computer was one hour slow: Wasn’t it time to fall back to regular time next weekend? Why were we still on Daylight Saving Time?
Now I know that it is all because of the candy and chocolate making industries which (per today’s […]
How to Predict the Weather Without a Forecast - wikiHow: Many has been the time that Charlie has been humming more and nervous and only post hoc propter hoc have I realized that the barometer has droppped; that something is up with the weather. So maybe it would be good to do a little […]
Are you an owl or a lark?
I don’t mean do you sound like this or more like this, but what are your sleeping habits?
A Blog Around the Clock notes this distinction in a post entitled Sleep Schedules in Adolescents:
Everyone, from little children, through teens and young adults to elderly, belongs to one […]
A follow-up to the previous post about the start of summer: Page 3.14 on Science Blogs notes that not only is “time spent outside is good for our mental health” (as proved by “myriad studies“), but greater biodiversity has greater benefits:
the extent of psychological benefits people enjoy from a walk in the park correlates […]
Telling Time is a new goal to be added to Charlie’s IEP (the meeting is tomorrow, Thursday morning), and I would say that it seems best that he learn how to do this using a digital clock first. Nonetheless, take a look at this Polar Clock that literally, and colorfully, puts time into motion. Perhaps […]
“Telling time” is a new goal that we are planning to add to Charlie’s IEP.
While I am not sure if Charlie understands what the numbers on a (digital) clock stand for, he most definitely has an accurate internal sense of time. This is a long weekend for Charlie: He had Friday off and also, of […]
Niksmom, who blogs at Maternal Instincts—Flying By the Seat of My Pants, has written a “Cry for Help.” Nike has multiple disabilities and exceptional needs including cerebral palsy and seizures and is on the autism spectrum; last week he was in the hospital for a respiratory infection and also a skin infection. His mom, whom […]
“We’re taking the train to New York tomorrow and meeting Dad,” I said to Charlie last night, and pointed at the boxes for “Wednesday” and “Thursday” on his picture calendar. “Train to New York,” said Charlie and then, “socks! shoes!” I repeated talking and pointing, adding that it was getting close to bedtime and he […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
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