Lizze came home from Gavin's infusion at Akron Children's Hospital bringing news of how well Gavin did.  :-) This is really positive as Gavin doesn't always make the best choices while at the hospital.  She even said that things didn't go his way,  and yet he took it in stride.  Way to go Gavin.  :-) It's really nice to be able to post positive news in regards to Gavin.  This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

Elliott and I did some running around after school today and one of those stops was Clear Water,  to fill up our water juggs.  I was teaching Elliott how to do this and it turned into a great example of an aspie trait. So,  looking at the picture,  do you notice anything? This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

I was sitting here while Emmett fell asleep,  stressing out over all the various expenses I can't meet.  The thought popped into my head,  what would I do with $1,000,000? For me,  it's a lot like window shopping. I'm just sitting here thinking about all the things I would do with the $1,000,000 I don't have. I came up with following list: *these are in no particular order 1) I'd move my family to a safe neighborhood 2) I'd get Emmett into the preschool he needs but is too expensive 3) I would help my family 4) I would get Lizze a nice camera so she can pursue photography 5) I would get the kids the best, most awesome playground for the back yard 6) I would try to find…

I posted earlier about the little kindergarten boy with #Autism, denied lunch over a billing issue.  The school claims it was an oversight. Is that possible? Sure. Is it likely? I doubt it but I wasn't there, so I can only speculate. This got me thinking and I decided that today's #Autism Discussion should be on this very topic.  I'm wondering if you feel that children with #Autism are treated poorly in the school setting? Are they treated differently than their NT peers?  Obviously kids with special needs have to be treated differently in some cases but I'm referring to something like what happened to that little boy in the article. Are children with #Autism more likely to be treated poorly or mistreated in general, than their NT peers? What…

I was reading this on Fox News and can't help but wonder of those would have happened to a NT child. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. All credit for this article goes to Fox News and the original article can be found at the link. School Denies Autistic Boy Lunch Over Billing Issue, New York News | New York City Breaking News The mother of a kindergarten student with autism is outraged because the boy was denied lunch at his New Jersey school due to a billing issue. MyFoxNY.com reports that Sylvia and John Caravella say they received a note from Cliffwood Elementary School on Tuesday indicating that their five-year-old son, John Robert, did not receive lunch. The Caravellas admit they missed the payment for the first…

Last night got pretty rough.  I finally cracked,  Elliott was in full on anxiety mode,  Lizze wasn't feeling well,  Emmett was screaming and Gavin was being Gavin. After I had my own little feak out,  Lizze and I decided we needed to do something to redirect the boys.  By that time,  Elliott and Emmett were both overstimulated and needed help to come back down. We decided to take the boys to the playground and let them find a distraction and burn off some stress and anxiety. My Mom met us out there as well.  Everyone had a great time and we were able to bring everyone back down their individual places of distress. The only problem we had was with Gavin. We have to be very careful when it comes…

I mentioned earlier that we were going to try to take Emmett to the movies this afternoon.  I wanted to try and improve his mood and maybe,  just maybe, break the cycle of screaming. One of Emmett's favorite things to do is go to the movies.  This may actually make birthdays and holidays a bit easier.  He'll do the dance of joy at the thought of going to see a movie,  so maybe Santa needs to bring some Cinemark gift cards.  Anyway,  as much as he likes to go,  he doesn't always like to stay and watch the entire movie. Hence the Take 2 in the title of this post.  :-) Also,  we try to stick to the $1 movies so we never take a huge hit if we have…