Most children on the spectrum, learn best by really repetitive teaching like ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis). Brian responds well to this and has learned many things over the years, that some professionals tried to say he’d never learn. However, sometimes children on the spectrum have a really hard time generalizing what they are learning. What […]
It’s hard to explain Brian’s language capabilities to people who don’t know him or know autism. You can’t hold a conversation with him very often and he usually can’t answer most questions. The professionals label him “functionally nonverbal”, as he has a huge vocabulary of words but he doesn’t communicate with them. However, he […]
Yesterday afternoon, despite our backyard still being covered in snow and the temperatures still hovering in the high 30s, we decided to spend time playing outside. We haven’t really had a chance to truly enjoy our backyard as we bought this house just as the snow was beginning to fall in the beginning of winter. […]
We pulled over on to the side of the road once the rain made it practically impossible to drive. Of course, it would be my luck that we pulled over where we did.
Brian has been getting into a lot of mischief in the bathroom lately. It’s a relatively new thing. The first time I received a text from Colin shortly after we had all left the home for school and work. It read something like, “I hope you weren’t a fan of your orange nail polish.” Yes, […]
We were outside enjoying the sun and building a new fence when Brian said, “Fly”. I hate to admit this but first I blew it off like it was one of his scripts. He’s talking a lot these days! However, it’s 90% in scripts, just repeating movie lines over and over and over again. He […]
The boys had been asleep for about three hours. Usually, I’d be asleep immediately after them. However, being vacation I was being a party animal and having a Fringe marathon with Colin. Everything was going great in the world of alternate universes when I thought I heard a small “Mom” come from the bedroom next […]
