So, yeah, this happened. And a few months ago, it would have been huge news in our house. Maybe it still is — I’m not really sure. I know that Ryan’s interest in Wipeout was a big enough deal that some months back I set up a Google News Alert to find out when and […]
Read more "News Flash!"I was looking forward to a nice, quiet holiday at home today, especially after being out late Sunday night at an adult-league hockey game. Ryan was having none of it. He had something else in mind. Five years ago, when Ryan was still a relatively new hockey convert, I noticed that the New York Islanders […]
Read more "It’s a Tradition"Ryan has never been able to fully explain to us why certain shots-on-goal totals in NHL games trigger for him bouts of extreme anxiety. Maybe if I understood why it bothered him so much, I could better help him through these episodes, but the explanation doesn’t really matter. What matters is the anxiety is real. […]
Read more "A Safe Space"Ryan is going through a rough stretch with one school subject, which has ramped up his anxiety to a very high level. Homework and study sessions have become an exercise in frustration. Ryan becomes a hive of frenetic activity, focused solely on trying to finish the work as quickly as possible. The problem with that […]
Read more "This Moment, Brought to You by Technology"There has been much debate in the autism community whether “awareness” is still a worthwhile goal. I very much believe that, no matter how tiresome, frustrating, or potentially divisive, these debates are important. They do a lot to help shape my ever-changing feelings about autism, help guide my parenting decisions, offer me new resources for […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 