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Friends had invited us to a pool party on Saturday afternoon. Jim had been asked to speak at a workshop here so I looked up directions on Google Maps, wrote them down, and off Charlie and I went—-only to spend an hour and 15 minutes driving in circles on both sides of a state road. […]
10-year-old Johnny Jackson died last week while taking a nap in his house from “asphyxiation due to drowning”—-according to today’s ABC News, Johnny may have died from secondary drowning. Johnny, who had attention deficit disorder and autism, had been playing in the neighborhood pool for about 45 minutes. He was wearing flotation devices on his […]
Charlie used to have the urge to climb and no windowsill, table, back of the couch, dresser, or the top of the piano did not bear the imprint of his bare feet. I was always worried that his next Everest would be the top of the book shelves but he never attempted those (though everything […]
Last fall, I wrote about our difficulties getting swimtime in for Charlie at our YMCA pool in the later afternoon/early evenings, the time when he’s most ready to go. Our YMCA has three pools, two of which seem to be perpetually in use for the swim teams’ practices, adult lap swimming, or lessons. The third […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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