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I signed Charlie up for a special needs kids bowling league every Wednesday. It’s at the same bowling alley we’ve been going to all summer and with many of the same kids. Yesterday Charlie bowled a few, poked a finger in some ketchup on a plate of French fries, and sat with his head against […]
An autistic man, Karl Tilcock, who also has two autistic children, lost his job at Foster’s brewer in Queensland (Australia) over YouTube videos made under the name AustDingo that offended his employer. The September 8th News.com.au describes Tilcock as an “online comedian” and notes that he has removed the offensive videos when contacted via letter […]
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This past June, a 16-year-old with autism is punched in the face and bullied by a teenager who attends the same high school—-and the whole attack is videotaped and posted on YouTube. The 16-year-old’s family saw the video and was able to identify the attacked. WSBT (South Bend, Indiana) interviewed Joyce Vermillion and Amber Fairchild, […]
I mean, what do you expect? We spend two whole weeks in a house with a lovely big open room one block from the ocean (and are able to piggyback on someone’s internet server so Charlie is able to discover the pleasures and perils of YouTube) and (after a very anxious start) fall into a […]
Two weeks ago, we went back to the beach house. At first Charlie was not happy to be there. But the third day was the charm and we had some interesting meetings. Charlie discovered YouTube and its cache of Barney videos (especially the really old ones, which he seems to prefer). He got very upset […]
Change of scenery, change of routine—-that’s all part of vacation and, as recounted here, why Charlie’s first three days at the beach house were full of more sorrow than smiles. We’re back in the swim (big-time—-Jim’s been calling Charlie “the torpedo” for the way he propels himself through the water, in the moving waves and […]
I’ve not been surprised that Charlie’s been calling for home and so uncertain about vacation, although it’s a very familiar vacation, in the same beach house that we’ve rented for a couple of years and at the same time of year, and with the same families renting houses on the same street. He likes his […]
It’s taken some years, a lot of flashcards, and a lot of pointing to words in books, train station signs, STOP signs, cartons of McDonald’s fries (although those golden arches look less and less like an M somtimes and more like four mega-large fries; guess I’ve passed too many orders into the back seat): Charlie […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
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