Jared had a very successful parent/teacher conference this year. Academically, the kid’s doing great. Socially…
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Dear Michael Savage: Make fun of the right people, for the right reasons
Michael Savage is going after the wrong people in this whole autism mess, and for the wrong reasons.
Bad Ideas in Parenting
I just can’t help but to talk like Jared some days.
Stupid Vegetables
So while things have been pretty shitty for me, I realized that I’m making things shitty for the rest of you by not sharing what’s going on with Jared. Here’s a small update, as we slowly creep back to a more normal posting schedule: Jared decided back in December that he wanted to go see [...]
More Jared School Stuff
I received another note from Jared’s service coordinator: I wanted to let you know that from today on, Jared will be in Mrs. XXX’s (1st grade) class every day for math. I am in this class with him. This decision was made so that he could be in a team-taught classroom. He will still be [...]
Thanks for ignoring his diagnosis
Jared’s school promoted the WONDERFUL woman who has been Jared’s assistant since the middle of last year, and he has a new person helping him stay focused. Or rather, he has a new person standing near him while he remains unfocused and anxious. Evidently that “resistance to change” part of the autism diagnosis slipped past [...]
Show Me Yours
So who’s curious how I did on this Asperger’s quiz? Well, take it yourself and let me know how you did in the comments and I’ll post my results. [Via Scalzi] And for those of you who score particularly high, enjoy this list of Seven topics to avoid if you don’t want to risk being [...]
So very wrong
As mentioned over on Left Brain/Right Brain, in the introduction to Jenny McCarthy’s new book about raising her autistic son, Dr. Jerry Kartzinel says: “Autism, as I see it, steals the soul from a child; then, if allowed, relentlessly sucks life’s marrow out of the family members, one by one..” …which makes my mind boggle. [...]
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