A few weeks ago, I was blessed with a new nephew. With seven younger siblings, you can imagine that a new niece or nephew is actually a pretty common occurrence but all jokes aside, still a very blessed occurrence- each and every single time. My boys love getting new cousins and seem to really enjoy […]
Autism has kicked my butt these past two weeks. You know it’s not even just autism. It was having to work with my other son’s IEP team to make sure they’re really doing what they said they were doing. Working with the school secretary to find the answer to bus questions. Making sure the play […]
Apparently Corbin was playing outside with his aunt, brother, and cousins yesterday afternoon when a neighborhood child asked, “What is wrong with him?”.
My sister and my niece quickly answered with the correct answer, “Nothing is wrong with him. He just has something called autism.”
The child replied, “What is that? Some kind of stupid disease?”.
Corbin has definitely had children ask him about his brother on many occasions and he usually does a wonderful job using it as a teaching experience. But we all have those days where our limits are already maxed.
When my boy comes home after being gone for an extended period of time there is no doubting his excitement. It had been five days. When he spotted me in the parking lot he started giggling and emitting those happy squeals. He started to skip/jump/race to me with his hands and fingers flapping so fast […]
