I know I haven’t written much about having a child with Asperger’s lately, but that will be changing as we start Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy this week. We met with our therapist, and did they “Hey, this is who I am, and this is what I do,” visit. The boys LOVED him. This past [...]
The process is now done for a year. Zach’s IEP has been written, and I’m OK with what was decided upon. My main goal was to meet Zach’s sensory issues for him. He really didn’t need any other curriculum changes, just needed his other needs addressed. I am disappointed that he didn’t qualify for the [...]
I got an e-mail from my son’s teacher the other day saying that my son would be losing all of his recess yesterday for excessive talking. I replied that since we haven’t had our IEP meeting yet (it’s tomorrow) that if that’s what the teacher wanted to do, that’s fine – this time, but to [...]
April is not only Autism Awareness Month, but it’s also Month of the Military Child. I happen to have a child who fits both. My oldest son was recently diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. Let me just start with a startling statistic. 1 in 88 military children have been diagnosed on the autism spectrum. Did you [...]
April is Autism Awareness Month. Tammy over at Autism Learning Felt is having autism articles only all month. I”m still new as a parent of a child on the spectrum so I’ll be reading Tammy’s articles as well. I’ll also be updating here if I come across anyone else that I follow who is posting [...]
Zach, our eight year old, recently asked about Easter. My husband gave him the religious story about the holiday and explained that’s what it’s really about. Zach then says, “What about the bunny and eggs?” My husband told Zach that’s the commercialization of the holiday. It’s how stores make money. I of course chimed in [...]
I’ve already been stressing about Zach’s therapies for his Asperger’s. It seems we can use the Tricare (military insurance for newbies) plan we’re on now, and use ONLY network doctors (ie. lowest contract bidders because that’s how they do government contracts), and still pay a copay every month. OR, we can move Zach to a [...]
For those that haven’t been following along over at The Parent Support Space, we took our oldest son, Zach, to Drexel Universtiy’s Autism Department to be re-evaluated earlier this month. We had taken him there two years ago because I suspected a high functioning form of autism. At that time, Zach carried a diagnosis of [...]
