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Weekends used to be really tough for our family. Charlie thrives on the structure and busyness of school, and try as we might to fill Saturday and Sunday with activities, it just never seemed to be enough. Now that he’s older, and feeling very secure about his school situation, weekends have been better—-nonetheless, I think […]
Labor Day today and everyone seems to be talking “back to school.” I’ve been back to teaching at my college for a week and Jim starts this week. Charlie, however, doesn’t go back to school till next Monday, September the 8th. He perked up on saying “school tomorrow!” yesterday night—I hated to tell him, “one […]
This summer has seen its share of discussion of the challenges of traveling with special needs children (on airplanes, in particular); more recently, there’s been discussion of traveling with autism assistance dogs, too. The August 12th International Herald Tribune describes the difficulties of caring for a special needs child when you, the parent, have to […]
At 5 years old, Matthew Morreale had tantrums so bad that his mother, Marthe Morreale, did not take him out in public.
At 24 years old, Matthew Morreale operates a 1-man shredding business.
The July 25th Orange County Register has the full story and I’ve a new thought of a job option for Charlie (perhaps not being […]
I’m team teaching for my summer school on Psychology and Literature. My co-teacher and I have known each other for a few years but haven’t worked on any projects together; she’s a social psychologist and teaches in my college’s Education Department, and we’ve been figuring out how to take turns presenting material to the class, […]
Daycare. And, afterschool care.
The very idea of these have long seemed a luxury to me. There’s basically five people on this planet who’ve provided these for Charlie: My parents, our speech therapist who we’ve known since she was in college, Jim, and me. As my parents live in California (they’re retired and can visit a […]
The June 29th Herald (Sharon, PA) describes a program that helps young autistic adults transition from high school to adulthood. The program is run by St. Anthony’s Point and St. Michael’s Harbour, Inc., Hermitage. After participating in it, 23-year-old Michael Mondak is working in the Community Library of the Shenango Valley and matriculating at the […]
Four students who recently graduated from Bellevue Community College are the first to receive an Associate of Occupational and Life Skills (AOLS). To receive an AOLS, students Bergen Delisi, Leah Brand, Anna Harnois and Trent Marshall completed a 90 credit-curriculum of college level courses that are designed to prepare them for the workplace with […]
The Spring semester is almost over at the college where I teach and “getting some kind of job” is the main response from students to the question “what are you planning to do this summer?”. And—it occurs to me on this last day of April with May and Charlie’s 11th birthday right around the […]
The April issue of Pediatrics contains a new study on the household finances of families with autistic children. Families’ annual income falls short of average predicted income by as much as $6200; families also spend thousands of dollars on health care and educational and other therapies and services. Economist Guillermo Montes, Ph.D., the lead author […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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