As promised, Ryan held a 9/11 ceremony before our backyard hockey game last night. In fact, it was the first thing he told me when I called to say I was almost home. “Dad, hurry up! Remember, there will be a 10-minute ceremony before the game.” When I got home, changed, and got out there, […]
Read more "Postscript: Ryan’s 9/11 Ceremony"I have so much to write — about the end of summer and the start of school. Heck, I still have a few items from summer vacation I want to get to. But moment-to-moment interactions often dictate the agenda here, and many a post gets conceived in brief bits of morning conversation. This was a […]
Read more "Remembering 9/11, Ryan’s Way"Our child, clearly dogged by anxiety, goes over school supplies on the last day of summer vacation. Items are frantically sorted, color-coded according to an arbitrary system of the child’s own making — one that must be followed at all costs. But, there is a problem. There’s one too few binders or one too many […]
Read more "Flipping the Script"It is always my goal to understand how my son’s mind works. I think I have a pretty good handle on it. He’s very linear and the pieces will usually fit in a nice straight line, allowing me to go from observation of a behavior to a conclusion about how and why that behavior occurred. […]
Read more "Finding Connection in the Box Score"I discuss “little” things that aren’t “little” things all the time here on the blog. Judging by my reading of many other autism parent blogs, a lot of you do the same. Not Little Things are the rungs on the ladder of success we want our children to climb, with the ultimate goal being a […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 