The scene: Our living room, this morning some time post-breakfast and pre-departure for the school bus. At this hour, Ryan can typically be found either watching NHL Network on TV, watching NHL highlights on NHL.com, or playing NHL 2K on his iPad until we prod him to pack his bag and get ready for school. […]
Read more "Sign of the Times?"To medicate or not to medicate. It is never an easy decision. It took us YEARS to cross the medication threshold with Ryan. Both Veronica and I felt that as long as he could attend in school, we did not want to medicate. A little over a year ago, we saw a child that was […]
Read more "At a Medication Crossroads"Navigating life with a child on the autism spectrum often requires leaving outings and events after the bare minimum time spent. You see your child struggling — with the noise, the crowd, the group activity, with anything that falls outside their routine — and you exercise your predetermined escape plan. Sunday, Ryan and I left […]
Read more "A Day With Gang Green"One thing I’ve learned in a decade of parenting a child on the autism spectrum: You learn to anticipate, but you still never know what will throw your child off kilter. And nothing is ever truly in the past. I guess that’s more than one thing, but you get the point. You do your best […]
Read more "Wrenches – Big and Small"Ryan is a little over one month into a school year that has included some big changes: a new school, new teachers, new aide, switching classes for every subject, lockers, and the bus. Time for an update on a few things in school, and in life. Ryan has adjusted remarkably well. As we do every […]
Read more "Life – A Progress Report"
Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 