Emmett's glasses came in today.  After our Wraparound meeting, which I'll talk about later, we took Emmett to go pick them up.  You should  have seen the expression  in his face when he saw his world for the very first time. It was nothing short of amazing.  I haven't felt that awesome in so long and I can't even imagine how Emmett feels.  He asked if he could wear his glasses forever.  :-) It's literally like he's seeing everything for the first time and I'm so happy for him.  :-) This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos. I know how to spell but auto-correct hates me.  ;-) For more ways to help the Lost and Tired family,…

We have yet another Wraparound meeting this morning.  I'm going to be really honest here and tell you that I've pretty much given up on Gavin going to residential placement.  The truth is, he's doing really well right now and no one is going to place him.  I'm actually okay with that because we just want what's best for him and if this is working than why rock the boat.  The huge downside however, is the fact that he wasn't going simply for behavioral reasons.  The hospital we were looking at would also be focusing on his physical health as well.  Gavin's health is so complex and fragile that no one has been able to really pin down what's going in with him.  Our hope was that this would happen…

Is your Autistic child very particular about things?  Does it interfere with everyday life for them? What kinds of things are they particular about? I thought it might be interesting to share our personal experience.  I would love to hear from parents as well as Autistic adults or teens.  The reason behind me asking is simple.  I want to better understand my Autistic children, more specifically, my son Emmett. Emmett really struggles with this gs having to be perfect.  As an example, if he opens a sucker and the sucker has even the tiniest imperfection, he'll meltdown.  It's like he instantly panics and becomes overwhelmed by the idea that his sucker is broken.  He won't touch it and is many times inconsolable. It's heartbreaking as his father, to watch this. …

This is pretty straight forward.  If you could have the world understand one thing about Autism, what would that one thing be and why? For me, I would want to world to understand that Autism is different for every person  and every family. I think this is one of the most important things to understand about Autism because this is where many assumptions stem from.  Erroneous assumptions. This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos. I know how to spell but auto-correct hates me.  ;-) For more ways to help the Lost and Tired family, please visit Help the Lost and Tired Family.

I really excited to be able to let you all know that going forward,  the Tablet giveaways will be open to Continental Canadian Residents as well. I looked into shipping and customs and have worked it out so that this offer can extend to my northern friends. Shipping for the current giveaway is being sponsored by a very generous reader, who I won't mention until I get permission.  Thank you very much. Please be sure to thank Idolian for donating these tablets and making this possible.  They have a fantastic selection of tablets and accessories.  Let's make sure to help generate some attention for them.  I'll update this post with links for doing so when I get home later. I'm so excited to see this taking off. UPDATE: Links to…