“I thought you were surfing the internet?” “I was. I finished it.” Those lines come from an old commercial for DirecTV’s DSL service, suggesting that with their high-speed service, one might actually reach the “end of the Internet.” (See the spot here.) It was a silly suggestion (geek comment: With DSL? As if!) even 10 […]
Read more "The End of the Internet"Boredom. It is the chief obstacle to any successful down time for our family, whether on vacation, a weekend, or a random summer day. Ryan almost always opts to spend his free time engaged, typically alone, in his favorite activities: typing standings, playing NHL2K on the Wii, playing Hockey Guys. His initial reaction to any […]
Read more "The Name Game"I have written before of Ryan’s love of hockey statistics, most especially the standings. Our house is littered with notebooks and sheets of paper full of hand-written, impeccably neat and entirely accurate NHL standings. They are accurate in every way imaginable. The total number of wins for the 30 teams equals the total number of […]
Read more "Celebrating a Remarkable Mind"One of the real bright spots of our summer so far has been Ryan’s participation in our town street hockey league. As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, we had “the talk” with his coach before the season about Ryan’s diagnosis and challenges. He offered to meet at a coffee shop before the first […]
Read more "(Another) Coach Who Gets It"It has been, at best, an uneven summer. Ryan is managing his anxiety about moving to a new school in the fall. He tolerates camp, although “likes” would be too strong. On off days from camp, he tolerates going to the town pool. On the other side, we continue to deal with challenging behaviors: defiance, […]
Read more "The Signs of Progress Are There"
Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 